“So, if somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they are going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.” Then Senator Barack Obama
I read the following in yesterday’s Atlanta-Journal Constitution
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“Georgia Power wants to shut down three power plant units within the next two years, an official from its parent, Southern Co., said Monday.
The utility intends to close one unit at Plant Branch in Milledgeville by October 2013 and another one by December. Jeff Burleson, a vice president with Southern, told the AJC the company also wants to shutter an additional unit but would not specify what type of fuel. He also would not name the power plant that would be impacted.
The decision to shutter the coal-fired units is based on the pending Environmental Protection Agency rules that would require the utility to install equipment to meet stricter environmental controls, the company has said. It would be too costly to upgrade the Plant Branch units, which started operating in 1965 and 1967.”
In this economy, people want to see some “greening” in their pocket. This is completely WHACK!
