Category: Fossil Fuels are Important
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Progress in Clean Coal Combustion Is a Remarkable Achievement, So, Let’s Get on with Building More New Coal Plants
New Modern Coal Plants are Needed for Energy Security, Grid Reliability, Affordable Electricity Generation and Without Pollution, so let me explain some of the details of the equipment used to clean the flue gases and the progress made in cleaning the air since 1970 Short History of Air Pollution Control The EPA was started in…
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Perceptions vs. Reality
If it was simply the laws of Physics, Economics and Global Experiences of which source of Bulk Power was Best; then coal power plants would be on order by the hundreds. How can we fix the poor perceptions of coal power? Here are my thoughts. Energy Powers Life as We Know It America runs on…
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One Hundred Twenty Quadrillion BTUs and The Need for Coal to Provide at Least 20 Quads of America’s Primary Energy-Part 1
Coal fuel should be included in the future electricity generation portfolio based on the laws of physics, available forms of primary energy, proven economics of electric power generation and the proven track record of coal power for providing reliable, dispatchable and affordable electricity generation. The CO2 Coalition’s Angela Wheeler interviewed me for the CO2 Coalitions…
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Advantages Of Coal Fuel for Electricity Generation
It is now officially winter. I think this is an appropriate time to review eleven advantages of coal fuel for electric power generation. Coal is Proven because it provided nearly 50% of America’s electricity generation up till about 2012. The peak year for coal production was 2008 when America produced over 1 billion tons of…
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Ten Hard Truths of S.C. Electricity-The Lifeblood of the Economy
There are a number of states that are on a path to higher electricity bills and less reliability, including S.C. Why? Because the S.C. Governor and the Legislature are still stuck on Net Zero Carbon. I thought it might be informative to list 10 unpopular truths: Hard Truths that Apply to S.C. as Well as…
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Five Reasons to Build New Coal Plants NOW! Coal Should Be Included as A Critical Fuel to Power America’s Future
We can call it a “Bridge Fuel” or just face the reality that it now takes over 100 Quadrillion BTUs of Primary Energy to Power America each year and that Primary Energy Demand will increase in the future. America is the Saudi Arabia of coal and we have the richest and highest quality coal on…
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CLEAN ENERGY CRISIS
Title of the prescient 2023 book by the late Mr. Donn Dears. Mr. Dears wrote many books and several are listed in the references below. His last book, “Clean Energy Crisis” was written before the announcement of many Data Centers were to be built and would drastically increase the rate of electricity usage. Mr. Dears…
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Coal Power: It is the End Result that Counts!
Solar and Wind are not the lowest cost electricity generation, in spite of what is written or hyped Electricity Demand is Growing at the Fastest Rate in a Decade An excerpt from the latest IEA Energy 2025 report follows: “Global energy demand grew by 2.2% in 2024 – faster than the average rate over the…
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Existing EPA Rules Increase Costs and Will Cause Rationing of Electricity in South Carolina, if Endangerment Finding is NOT Repealed
The EPA Endangerment Finding and other extreme EPA Rules impacts everyone. Including those of us that live in South Carolina.
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The SWAMP Monster vs. the Best Interests of the United States of America
GONGO, The 14 Headed SWAMP Monster Congress should have reined in the Bureaucratic SWAMP monster long ago. Remember Charlie Reese’s editorial? The column title: 545 vs. 300 Million. It is here. The 435 members of Congress through their delegation of authority (or more correctly, abdication of responsibility) have allowed the EPA, Dept. of Education, Dept.…
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