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On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:36:35 -0700
Roger Rhino <not@my.home> wrote:

Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 9/4/2026 3:45 PM, Jeremiah Jones wrote:

Damon Cloche <b@ke.bread> wrote:

Current Estimates

400+Years: The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated
that total recoverable U.S. coal reserves would last about 422
years based on recent production levels.

Meanwhile we have more than enough
recoverable reserves of lead and
arsenic to last thousands of years.
Keep digging!

Using coal can be good, but the emissions must be controlled too. Respiratory conditions can kill

There's no such thing as clean coal.

You're WRONG again, shitwit!
AI Overview
Anthracite is a significantly cleaner-burning coal
than bituminous coal.
Key Differences in Cleanliness
Anthracite (Hard Coal):
Contains 86% to
97% fixed carbon and very low volatile matter. It produces almost no
visible smoke, minimal soot, and lower sulfur dioxide emissions when
burned.
Bituminous (Soft Coal):
Contains 60% to 80% carbon with much higher
volatile impurities. Burning it creates thick, dark smoke, higher
particulate matter, and more sulfur pollution.
Why Anthracite is Cleaner
Higher Purity:
It has undergone greater
metamorphic heat and pressure over time, squeezing out impurities and
moisture.
Smokeless Performance:
Because it lacks heavy volatile gases,
it burns with a short, clean blue flame rather than a smoky yellow
flame.

"Clean coal" plants still produce substantial amounts of sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury.

AI Overview
A state-of-the-art "clean coal" plant (using
ultra-supercritical combustion and advanced scrubbers) reduces
traditional criteria air pollutants by 90% to 99%+ compared to older unmitigated plants...
Controlled Air Pollutants (Reduced by 80%rCo99%)Modern facilities use
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD)
scrubbers, and fabric filters to capture nearly all of the primary
toxic output:
Particulate
Matter (PM / Soot):
Reduced by roughly 99.8%.
Sulfur Dioxide (SOree):
Reduced by 95% to 98%.
Nitrogen Oxides: Reduced by
roughly 83% to 87%.
Mercury and Trace Heavy Metals:
Controlled via specialized sorbent injection and fabric filters by
upwards of 90%.

Not to mention that the CO2 emissions are quite a bit higher than other fossil fuels, even diesel.

Good, we're in a position where historically our CO2 levels are rather
on the low side and dropping: https://co2coalition.org/facts/140-million-year-trend-of-dangerously-decreasing-co2/
For the last 140 million years, CO2 levels fell precipitously &
steadily to within about 30 ppm of the 150 ppm rCLline of deathrCY below
which plants canrCOt survive. Both the relatively short-term data from
ice cores and much longer-term data going back 140 million years
(Berner 2001) show an alarming downward trend toward CO2 starvation.
The release of carbon dioxide by the use of fossil fuels has allowed
humanity to increase concentrations of this beneficial molecule, and
perhaps avert an actual CO2-related climate apocalypse.
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