Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants

[Fieldmouse]

What an idiot! Our gas resources are already stretched and ourelectricity supply isn't far behind. Might as well get them on the brink of failure.[:-]

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE48N7AA20080924?feedType=RSS&feedName=en vironmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to store carbon.

The former U.S. vice president, whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Academy Award, told a philanthropic meeting in New York City that "the world has lost ground to the climate crisis."

"If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration," Gore told the Clinton Global Initiative gathering to loud applause.

"I believe for a carbon company to spend money convincing the stock-buying public that the risk from the global climate crisis is not that great represents a form of stock fraud because they are misrepresenting a material fact," he said. "I hope these state attorney generals around the country will take some action on that."

The government says about 28 coal plants are under construction in the United States. Another 20 projects have permits or are near the start of construction.

Scientists say carbon gases from burning fossil fuel for power and transport are a key factor in global warming.

Carbon capture and storage could give coal power an extended lease on life by keeping power plants' greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere and easing climate change.

But no commercial-scale project exists anywhere to demonstrate the technology, partly because it is expected to increase up-front capital costs by an additional 50 percent.

So-called geo-sequestration of carbon sees carbon dioxide liquefied and pumped into underground rock layers for long term storage.

[Centauri]

Civil disobedience eh? I can just see Gore and his evil minions protesting and planting bombs in coal plants.

[Fieldmouse]

Perhaps Obama's good buddy, Bill Ayers,would be willing to give them some pointers.

[jeepkid]

This stuff is getting ridiculous!! Where has/is this country going?

[oldelkhunter]

Can Gore be turned into a carbon footprint?

[Doe Dumper]

Only if he protests in West Virginia

[oldelkhunter]

When he left the Whitehouse his net worth was less then 1 million from 1.5 he had when he first entered it in 1992. He is now worth 100 million...HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[burniegoeasily]

Maybe he can have a concert to protest coal and use twice as much coal to generate the electricity needed to put on the concert, than what is used in two months.


Gore is such an idiot.

[etothepii]

Sounds like he's pitting environmentalists against union workers.

[oldelkhunter]

I heard the douchebag bought a 100 ' party barge a diesel one at that(Oh my the particulates) he docks near his 10,000 square foot home in TN. OH my I fear the Earth is well stocked with Liberal Dullards who believe this crap.