We're all aware that certain people 'love' coal because... because... I think its because it gets them big blocks of votes in swing states and its the opposite of what certain Kenyans liked.
Now the EPA is reporting that, "Of 265 US power plants that monitor groundwater, 242 report unsafe levels of at least one pollutant derived from coal ash".
https://www.theguardian.com/...ater-toxins-analysis.
Once the lawsuits start rolling in the utilities and states will loose any appetite for coal no matter how cheap or plentiful it's up-front cost seems. Besides the lawsuits - remediation of a coal ash site, and its groundwater is extremely difficult and VERY expensive. Decent sized projects will run hundreds of millions of dollars (construction of properly engineered & lined landfills, the remediation itself, cap & close, leachate management, groundwater pump & treat. ongoing monitoring and management, etc.).
Remember - It's important to be comfortable in your own skin... because it turns out society frowns on wearing other people's
Now the EPA is reporting that, "Of 265 US power plants that monitor groundwater, 242 report unsafe levels of at least one pollutant derived from coal ash".
https://www.theguardian.com/...ater-toxins-analysis.
Once the lawsuits start rolling in the utilities and states will loose any appetite for coal no matter how cheap or plentiful it's up-front cost seems. Besides the lawsuits - remediation of a coal ash site, and its groundwater is extremely difficult and VERY expensive. Decent sized projects will run hundreds of millions of dollars (construction of properly engineered & lined landfills, the remediation itself, cap & close, leachate management, groundwater pump & treat. ongoing monitoring and management, etc.).
Remember - It's important to be comfortable in your own skin... because it turns out society frowns on wearing other people's
