EPA ‘Masquerading Propaganda as Facts’ in Support of Clean Air Act Provisions, Expert Says
The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act will save the United States $2 trillion by 2020, says Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson – citing figures from an EPA report which one expert has faulted for “widely exaggerated claims.”
Hundreds of thousands of lives would be saved over the next nine years, thanks to the regulation of air pollutants, Jackson said at the unveiling of a “prevention” campaign at the Health and Human Service Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
“Simply put, the Clean Air Act saves lives and strengthens the American workforce,” she said. “As a result, the economic value of clean air far exceeds the costs.
“Expressed in dollar terms, the benefits of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 alone are projected to reach approximately $2 trillion in 2020, with an estimated cost of $65 billion in that same year – a benefit to cost ratio of more than 30 to 1.”
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Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 06/21/2011 - 10:15pm.
Obviously the EPA is racist. EPA says burning coal is hazardous to your health yet they allow the export of coal to China.
Sounds racist to me. EPA is trying to poison the Chinese.
If, in fact, burning coal is really bad, that is.
If, in fact, burning coal is really bad
Submitted by Huapakechi on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 12:48pm.
Burning coal is bad, if the ultimate goal is to make the cost of energy prohibitive.
Nuclear Fissionary
http://nuclearfissionary.com/2010/04/02/comparing-energy-costs-of-nuclea...
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Per Kilowatt-Hour Production Costs
Normally you will not need to calculate the per kWh production costs for a given type of energy source because these estimates are readily available from a wide variety of resources. Each plant is unique and may have a slightly different per kWh production cost. Since the amount of energy produced at any plant is very large, deviations in production cost are not generally large enough to change the per kWh production cost for an individual plant beyond the hundredths or thousandths of a penny. To the right is a list of the per kWh production costs used to develop the total cost per kWh estimates in this article. Coal, Gas and Nuclear estimates are 2008 data from NEI.
Nuclear: $0.019
Coal: $0.027
Natural Gas: $0.081
Wind:$0.030
Hydroelectric: $0.009
Solar: No estimate found
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Wind looks good in this comparison, until ya realize that wind doesn't blow consistently. This means that ya have to build backup capacity, which doubles (or more) the cost.. Then there's the "watermelon" ecofreaks who bitch about the mounds of dead birds or the esthetics of power lines to shut down these projects.
The door has slammed shut on the no carbon foot print Nuks...
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 1:13pm.
http://the-diplomat.com/a-new-japan/2011/05/16/a-fukushima-update/
Gone are the days of ... Nuclear: $0.019/ kwh...
Just a year ago the greenies were going for Nuks, those days are over..
Wind Pork, baby...We are screwed, oh so very slowly.
You Didn't Build That.
Free energy
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 2:40pm.
Tesla must be crying since there's no "free energy" that he tried so hard for.
I really hate green energy. It's so deadly and expensive.
-Jon
Run for your lives EPA 's Second hand coal smoke, study.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 2:12am.
Caused by the burnt toast in your coal fired toaster.
Ah the green days before coal burning, when we humans lived an average 47 years...
You Didn't Build That.
humans lived an average 47 years..
Submitted by Huapakechi on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 12:16pm.
It's the quickest way to make the social insecurity system solvent. The original ponzi scheme as designed by fdr didn't envision an increasing lifespan, but all the politicians responsible expected to be dead or safely retired before people woke up to that fact.
This is also one of the primary factors in the obamacare legislation. By rationing and delaying medical care, the costly medical treatments will be reserved for the liberal elites who truly deserve an extended lifespan sarc off