[Mpls] Coal

[Sean Ryan]

During the 10pm news on WCCO I saw a disturbing ad. The add showed a family 
doing family things and smiling while turning up their thermostat. This was 
followed by a shot of the Minneapolis skyline. The ad was for coal energy 
'the affordable energy'. There was no 'paid for by' tag line but I am 
guessing it is someone's response to Excel's conversion of the Riverside 
plant. Anyone seen this???

 I wonder if they count the cost of respiratory illness and death into 
their 'affordable' figure. Not to mention the strip mining.

I took a tour of the Riverside plant in high school and they tried to fill 
my young mind with the benefits of "clean coal energy" and the wonders of 
electricity. They even showed a video on their outreach and cooperation with 
the surrounding neighborhood. Pollution doesn't make a good neighbor even if 
you plant your neighbor a garden.

Perhaps next there will be an add for 'Asbestos, the affordable fire 
retardant'.

Brushing the snow from my "Clean Energy NOW" sign...

Sean Ryan
Audubon
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