Power Hungry Quotes

“Agency (EPA) estimates that coal-fired power plants account “for over 40% of all domestic human-caused mercury emissions.” Furthermore, the EPA says, “about one quarter of US emissions from coal-burning power plants are deposited within the contiguous US and the remainder enters the global cycle.”6 In addition, the ash that comes out of coal-fired power plants is usually contaminated with heavy metals.”
― Robert Bryce, Power Hungry: The Myths of ""Green"" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future

“As Anderson cleared maps and other papers from the table adjacent to his desk, I asked him for the heat content of the coal. His reply: about 12,500 Btu (British thermal units)”
― Robert Bryce, Power Hungry: The Myths of ""Green"" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future