At least the "Flinstones" had animals do the work plus the lost principle of "Yabbadynamics," using their feet (and mysteriously, sometimes not) to drive their vehicles.
With apologies to Rich Hall from his 1989 book, "When Sniglets Ruled The Earth"
Posted on 10/20/2007 3:15:58 PM PDT by bobsunshine
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, saying that the greenhouse gas threatens public health and the environment.
The decision marks a victory for environmental groups that are fighting proposals for new coal-fired plants around the country. It may be the first of a series of similar state actions inspired by a Supreme Court decision in April that asserted that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide should be considered pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
In the past, air permits, which are required before construction of combustion facilities, have been denied over emissions such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury. But Roderick L. Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said yesterday that "it would be irresponsible to ignore emerging information about the contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to climate change and the potential harm to our environment and health if we do nothing."
The Kansas agency's decision caps a controversy over a proposal by Sunflower Electric Power, a rural electrical cooperative, to build a pair of big, 700-megawatt, coal-fired plants in Holcomb, a town in the western part of the state, at a cost of about $3.6 billion. One unit would have supplied power to parts of Kansas; the other, to be owned by another rural co-op, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, would have provided electricity to fast-growing eastern Colorado.
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I like your idea. IT is logical and just.
The greenies are pushing for a “Flintstones” society.
More like 0.038%
- John
Pure unadulterated idiocy.
Depending on the algae it can also produce diesel and emit hydrogen gas instead of oxygen. If they also used the waste heat from the power plant to evaporate water this would create man-made clouds which have a powerful climate cooling effect.
Unless you happened to have gotten in early on carbon credits.
Massive-redistribution-of-wealth Alert.
Great, I hope the greenies will not complain when brownouts or rolling blackout happen.
Phone (785) 296-1500 Fax: (785) 368-6368
Email: info@kdhe.state.ks.us
I know! I can only imagine the frustration of the power company officials. The CO2 was literally not an issue, due to the algae. And the fact that they didn’t think selling power was a worthwhile investment. Morons.
As China keeps building dirty coal fired power plants at a record clip.
These people are going to destroy us.
What would they say to a nuke plant?
Sure hope they have lots of down and polartec in Kansas to get them thru the winter. Don’t know what the idiots will do come summer.....move I guess.
Without sound science to back up their decision, I feel it will be overturned on appeal.
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