EPA proposes tighter pollution limits for coal plants

The Hill ^ | 04/05/2023 | RACHEL FRAZIN

[Oscar in Batangas]

Dang! how are all the electric cars going to get recharged?

Unicorn Phartz???

[Tell It Right]

We have clean air in the U.S. except in Dim hellholes. And I have 80% of the power I need in my all-electric home provided free, including charging the EV for most of our driving.

I hate the Dims' stupid war on cheap energy. But it is what it is so we did what we could in our family to make us as energy independent as possible. The one thing solar brings to the table is it can be implemented in a decentralized fashion so that it can be an energy source we don't have to plead from bureaucrats to please oh please give us morsels of energy.

[G Larry]

Call me when China stops building 1 new coal fired plant per week....(India is about half that pace....)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yep, without coal base load and gas fired peakers, wind and solar will cause extreme grid instability. Get ready for lots of outages as government pursues the green dream

[blackdog]

I had a home in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. It had electric baseboard heat, with the primary source being a coal / wood stove built into a solid brick hearth 10'×8'x 10'. One bucket of coal heated the entire house for 12 hours. The coal ash spread on the driveway kept the vehicles from slipping. The plant beds around the driveway lived the coal ash as fertilizer. The two ton delivery of coal (locally mined) cost $160. It was a two year supply.

After a few years we kept the house but had to relocate for our jobs. The electricity bill for heat was over $400 per month with the thermostat set at 55 degrees during the winter months.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Very true. Good point.

My sister just retired from 45 years teaching math to middle and high school kids, the last ten in inner city Baltimore. The “developmental delays” in that environment are truly not believable. Kids graduate from high school not knowing how to divide one-half by two.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

God bless your sister. What a thankless job. I suppose there are some who who did better, and made her efforts worthwhile.

[SuperLuminal]

They will permit continued use of coal ae long as burn temp remains below 90 degrees F...

[meatloaf]

It’s the Green Raw Deal

[blackdog]

;).....We used to have to open the windows when it was above 20 degrees outside because the coal burned so hot. Once the brick and stone hearth was hot the house took two days to cool down below 60 degrees F. We ran ceiling fans to circulate the heat to all areas like bedrooms and bathrooms.

The most efficient home heating I've ever experienced.

This summer we can talk about kerosene refrigerators. One gallon of kerosene runs the refrigerator for six months. Absolutely astonishing.

[JimRed]

“And I have 80% of the power I need in my all-electric home provided free, including charging the EV for most of our driving.“

Not quite free…how long to amortize the installation casts?

[JimRed]

“Kids graduate from high school not knowing how to divide one-half by two.”

Until they break in to the drug business; then their math skills improve exponentially!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks. Yes there was always one out of ten or twenty who really wanted an education, wanted to excel, wanted to go to go to college, sought help, and had parents who cared. She thrived on those kids. She would often run into kids twenty years after teaching them and they would than her profusely and say what a difference she made in their lives. They acknowledged that her tough grading made them work hard to get ahead.

She says those rewards always made the profession very rewarding.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Green Raw Deal”

Yep. High price and unreliable power that wastefully consumes ungodly amounts of scarce minerals from thousands of new mines worldwide, most controlled by China.

What’s not to like?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Ghetto Math Proficiency Final Exam

City of New York, Borough of Bronx
High School Math Proficiency Exam
Name:____________________ Gang:_________________
1. Darnel has an AK-47 with a 40-round clip. If he shoots 13 times during each drive-by shooting and misses 6 out of 10 shots, how many drive by shootings can he attempt before he has to reload?
2. Jose has 2 ounces of cocaine, and he sells an 8-ball to Jackson for $320 and 2 grams to Little Mikey for $85 per gram. What is the street value of the balance of cocaine if he does not cut it?
3. Rufus is pimping 3 girls. If the price is $65 for each trick, how many tricks will each girl have to turn so Rufus can pay for his $800 per day crack habit?
4. Dino wants to cut his half-pound of heroin to make a 20% profit. How many ounces of cut will he need?
5. Willis gets $200 for stealing a BMW, $50 for a Chevy and $100 for a 4x4. If he has stolen 2 BMWs and 3 4x4s, how many Chevys will he have to steal to make $800?
6. Raoul is in prison for 6 years for murder. He got $10,000 for performing the hit. If his common law wife is spending $100 per month, how much will be left when he gets out of prison, and how many years will he get for killing the bitch for spending his money?
7. If the average spray can covers 22 square feet and the average letter is 2 square feet, how many letters can a tagger spray with 3 cans of paint?
8. Hector knocked up 6 of the girls in his gang. There are 27 girls in the gang. What percentage of the girls has Hector knocked up?

[TexasGunLover]

Never ends does it?

Lignite is our cheapest and most plentiful source of energy for electricity and we just keep burning more natural gas.

Utter stupidity on our nation's part.

[Scrambler Bob]

it will update limits for pollutants, including lead, nickel and arsenic
= = =

How much nickel does a person get if they rub their fingers on a nickel coin?

It may be lethal levels, if the Feds’ levels are in the molecular levels, like they have been heading towards.

[Nuc 1.1]

Nope. I purpose tighter limits on the EPA.