Again, this is a national statistic, so yes, your personal power generation may be provided by something else, but across the country, 50% of the electricity Americans use everyday comes from coal. That doesn't mean it has to be that way, it means it is that way.
Could we one day power everything with some other technology like wind, solar, nuclear, or something that hasn't even been invented yet? Sure. But that doesn't help us in the next 30-50 years during which time we will still rely heavily on coal for electricity. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Judah wrote: > Where you are maybe. We get most of our electricity in the NW from hydro > and > my house is on 100% wind power. > > Still, coal will be part of the equation for the next several years to be > sure. Just don't be so quick to say status quo is how it has to be. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270749 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
