How does Trump pulling out of the Paris Accord affect Wyoming?
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:18 pm
Since Wyoming is an energy state does it help with new jobs, hurts Wyoming or has no real affect as to the economy of the state.
But China is buying a lot of coal from N. Korea. I wish they would buy it from the USfromolwyoming wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:12 pm Well, since the world as a whole is abandoning coal left and right, clean or not, it really doesn't help much.
I think wind and solar are great. But, why not have all three. China and India are building ever dirtier coal mines, I still think there is a place for clean coal in the US but everyone has turned their head to that fact because it seems so taboo. What a shame.WestWYOPoke wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:54 pm If the US gets their heads out of their rears and realizes that the market is shifting from coal to other forms, we should be fine. As long as the US starts investing in and becoming/continuing to be a world leader in renewable energy technology. What better place to try and improve the efficiency of solar and wind power than in Wyoming, it's got plenty of both. I get it, it's a coal state, well why not do both, ignoring wind, solar, etc. isn't going to bring coal back.
Actually, China and India are scrapping their coal plants and switching to other forms of energy.CheyenneGunslinger wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:05 amI think wind and solar are great. But, why not have all three. China and India are building ever dirtier coal mines, I still think there is a place for clean coal in the US but everyone has turned their head to that fact because it seems so taboo. What a shame.WestWYOPoke wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:54 pm If the US gets their heads out of their rears and realizes that the market is shifting from coal to other forms, we should be fine. As long as the US starts investing in and becoming/continuing to be a world leader in renewable energy technology. What better place to try and improve the efficiency of solar and wind power than in Wyoming, it's got plenty of both. I get it, it's a coal state, well why not do both, ignoring wind, solar, etc. isn't going to bring coal back.
That's what I said...when I said, why not have both, I meant coal AND renewables. And as fromolwyoming said, china and india are working at curbing their coal usage. Wyoming (and the US) needs to get with the times or get run over.CheyenneGunslinger wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:05 amI think wind and solar are great. But, why not have all three. China and India are building ever dirtier coal mines, I still think there is a place for clean coal in the US but everyone has turned their head to that fact because it seems so taboo. What a shame.WestWYOPoke wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:54 pm If the US gets their heads out of their rears and realizes that the market is shifting from coal to other forms, we should be fine. As long as the US starts investing in and becoming/continuing to be a world leader in renewable energy technology. What better place to try and improve the efficiency of solar and wind power than in Wyoming, it's got plenty of both. I get it, it's a coal state, well why not do both, ignoring wind, solar, etc. isn't going to bring coal back.
Well, I recently saw a report where China has purchased huge amounts of coal from N. Korea. Not only has China suppose to have cut back on trade with N. Korea but China has actually increased trade with N. Korea. Plus, they plan to add much more pollutants to the environment with coal. We can produce a much clearer versions of coal than N. Korea. And as I said about both China and India are building even more dirtier versions of coal mines than we have in the US. So, why are we shutting down our coal mines. Plus, I can't help but believe we can produce a clean version of coal with all the technology that is available today. But, it's going to take investment in new technologies.fromolwyoming wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:31 amActually, China and India are scrapping their coal plants and switching to other forms of energy.CheyenneGunslinger wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:05 amI think wind and solar are great. But, why not have all three. China and India are building ever dirtier coal mines, I still think there is a place for clean coal in the US but everyone has turned their head to that fact because it seems so taboo. What a shame.WestWYOPoke wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:54 pm If the US gets their heads out of their rears and realizes that the market is shifting from coal to other forms, we should be fine. As long as the US starts investing in and becoming/continuing to be a world leader in renewable energy technology. What better place to try and improve the efficiency of solar and wind power than in Wyoming, it's got plenty of both. I get it, it's a coal state, well why not do both, ignoring wind, solar, etc. isn't going to bring coal back.
There is no such thing as clean coal. It just doesn't exist. Here's a good article that details how many pounds of CO2 our various fuels generate per million Btu units of energy produced. As you will see, coal is the worst offender and natural gas the best of all of them. That's just facts. Coal is going the way of the dinosaur (no pun intended) and to think that the industry is going to make some miraculous recovery is foolish.CheyenneGunslinger wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2017 1:19 amWell, I recently saw a report where China has purchased huge amounts of coal from N. Korea. Not only has China suppose to have cut back on trade with N. Korea but China has actually increased trade with N. Korea. Plus, they plan to add much more pollutants to the environment with coal. We can produce a much clearer versions of coal than N. Korea. And as I said about both China and India are building even more dirtier versions of coal mines than we have in the US. So, why are we shutting down our coal mines. Plus, I can't help but believe we can produce a clean version of coal with all the technology that is available today. But, it's going to take investment in new technologies.fromolwyoming wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:31 amActually, China and India are scrapping their coal plants and switching to other forms of energy.CheyenneGunslinger wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:05 amI think wind and solar are great. But, why not have all three. China and India are building ever dirtier coal mines, I still think there is a place for clean coal in the US but everyone has turned their head to that fact because it seems so taboo. What a shame.WestWYOPoke wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:54 pm If the US gets their heads out of their rears and realizes that the market is shifting from coal to other forms, we should be fine. As long as the US starts investing in and becoming/continuing to be a world leader in renewable energy technology. What better place to try and improve the efficiency of solar and wind power than in Wyoming, it's got plenty of both. I get it, it's a coal state, well why not do both, ignoring wind, solar, etc. isn't going to bring coal back.