The new Integrated coal gasification plants end up
with a relatively inert byproduct which apparently can
be used as a paving material unlike the WWII plants
which ended up with carcinogenic coal tar as their
byproduct. They also emit less nitrogen and sulfur
dioxides than conventional coal plants. However unless
they sequester CO2 they still cause global warming.

Charlie Winterwood

--- Wally Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Winterwood <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:59:56 -0800
> Subject: Re: Proposed Coal Plant in Blackhawk County
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> 
> Why isn't this plant an Integrated Coal Gasification
> Plant?
> 
> 
> Charlie W
> 
> Is coal gassification better than it used to be? I
> know many of the Superfund and toxic wsate sites are
> old coal gassification sites.
> Wally Taylor
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