Mischief Maker wrote:

Lufteufel wrote:

E. L. Koba wrote:

He never really specified how he planed on cutting power plant emissions 70% over the next 15 years, now did he? Nukular is the only way I can think of

Many coal-fired plants are still completely exempt from the Clean Air Act of 1970. I haven't seen any numbers relating to total power plant emissions, but the EPA has said that bringing these plants in line with current clean air regulations would be like removing 20% of the cars on the road.

You want to know something really sick on top of that?

Those grandfathered plants are prevented from expanding without upgrading to meet modern emission standards by the "New Source Review" in the Clean Air Act. It's to keep plants that pollute at Eisenhower-era levels from expanding and spewing out even more. Guess what part of the Clean Air Act the Bush administration's been quietly pulling the teeth from this past year?

And of course the "Clear Skies Initiative" is Bullshit. All of its emission caps are weaker than the ones the original Clean Air Act would reach by the time it goes into effect.

I could go on and on...