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<blockquote data-quote="B Gordon" data-source="post: 2535628" data-attributes="member: 29719"><p>Be very cynical when you her large sweeping numbers quoted on TV or the internet.</p><p></p><p>Slash 500,000 jobs?</p><p>Hard to believe.</p><p>When you switch from coal to natural gas you still have the same workers, just in a cleaner environment.</p><p>Are you just talking about coal miners that will be put out of work?</p><p>How about the huge numbers of new jobs that are being created due to the shale oil and natural gas production that is happening in parts of the country?</p><p>Go to West Texas or North Dakota drilling areas and try to find a motel room or place to rent and see for yourself the bonanza that shale field extraction has actually brought about.</p><p></p><p>Increase electricity rates by 20%???</p><p>How much will the electricity rates increase when keeping the present coal fired facilities?</p><p>Long term, coal has a higher repair and upgrade cost than natural gas firing.</p><p>I know this because the company I work for does repair work on both types of facilities.</p><p>Natural gas facilities just chug along, no mess, no fuss, no problems most of the time.</p><p>Coal firing is filthy and very hard of the equipment.</p><p>My opinion, just like running catalytic converters on our automobiles, we should require ALL coal generating facilities to switch to natural gas within the next 10 years. Most of the coal specific equipment has to be rebuilt and/or upgraded during that time period anyway so why not switch it over while you are rebuilding it anyway?</p><p></p><p>The 37% production figure could very well be accurate, I have no idea and it is some number tossed out there because you have to have some verifiable number when you make claims to make the rest of your crap sound more correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B Gordon, post: 2535628, member: 29719"] Be very cynical when you her large sweeping numbers quoted on TV or the internet. Slash 500,000 jobs? Hard to believe. When you switch from coal to natural gas you still have the same workers, just in a cleaner environment. Are you just talking about coal miners that will be put out of work? How about the huge numbers of new jobs that are being created due to the shale oil and natural gas production that is happening in parts of the country? Go to West Texas or North Dakota drilling areas and try to find a motel room or place to rent and see for yourself the bonanza that shale field extraction has actually brought about. Increase electricity rates by 20%??? How much will the electricity rates increase when keeping the present coal fired facilities? Long term, coal has a higher repair and upgrade cost than natural gas firing. I know this because the company I work for does repair work on both types of facilities. Natural gas facilities just chug along, no mess, no fuss, no problems most of the time. Coal firing is filthy and very hard of the equipment. My opinion, just like running catalytic converters on our automobiles, we should require ALL coal generating facilities to switch to natural gas within the next 10 years. Most of the coal specific equipment has to be rebuilt and/or upgraded during that time period anyway so why not switch it over while you are rebuilding it anyway? The 37% production figure could very well be accurate, I have no idea and it is some number tossed out there because you have to have some verifiable number when you make claims to make the rest of your crap sound more correct. [/QUOTE]
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