Comments on: Toxic Ash Leak from Tennessee Coal-Fired Power Plant http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/25/toxic-ash-leak-from-tennessee-coal-fired-power-plant/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Global Patriot http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/25/toxic-ash-leak-from-tennessee-coal-fired-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-7497 Global Patriot Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:00:41 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1056#comment-7497 This is an issue similar to disposal of spent nuclear fuel. While some talk about the benefits of "clean" energy generation, the reality is that we still don't have viable solutions to deal with the toxic side effects. Which is why we keep coming back to wind, solar, tides, geothermal solutions as having benefits in the short and long term. We will continue to use coal for decades to come, but this is not a solution that will scale until we solve the toxic aspects of the process. This is an issue similar to disposal of spent nuclear fuel. While some talk about the benefits of “clean” energy generation, the reality is that we still don’t have viable solutions to deal with the toxic side effects.

Which is why we keep coming back to wind, solar, tides, geothermal solutions as having benefits in the short and long term. We will continue to use coal for decades to come, but this is not a solution that will scale until we solve the toxic aspects of the process.

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