Anyone have any thoughts on it? Seems like the mainstream media too often isn't questioning the idea of "clean coal" and sticking to the idea that it is a cheap source of energy, without delving into a full of analysis of what its use is really costing us.
Today's articles is part of the NY Times' "Energy Challenge" series, which does have a lot of interesting articles, including many on coal. Check out the whole series here:
coal in the news
The NY Times has a front page article today with the headline "Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal." Read it here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/business/30coal.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ore...
Anyone have any thoughts on it? Seems like the mainstream media too often isn't questioning the idea of "clean coal" and sticking to the idea that it is a cheap source of energy, without delving into a full of analysis of what its use is really costing us.
Today's articles is part of the NY Times' "Energy Challenge" series, which does have a lot of interesting articles, including many on coal. Check out the whole series here:
http://nytimes.com/ref/science/earth/energy.html