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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
No, not coal plants. Biomass.
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Biomass? And there is a difference? Scientific balderdash!
Converting hydrocarbons into CO2 is the exact same process whether the hydrocarbons were fixed from CO2 by last year's corn crop or in the geological past. It still means there is less carbon fixed in "biomass" and more free carbon in the atmosphere.
The only "green" methods of energy production are those that convert low grade heat (wind and seawater thermal generators), tidal forces (tidal and wave generators), geothermal, hydroelectric, nuclear (gasp
) or direct photo energy into usable forms like electricity, portable power for pushing vehicles and hot water. And the jury is still out as to whether they cause more harm than good on many of those!
And by the way, hydrogen is a power transmission technology, not a power producing one, it has great potential for producing portable power; but you have to get that power from somewhere.
If people would understand that is all a zero sum equation, much confusion and outright misinformation in support of someone's agenda could be alleviated.
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