Tuesday: Climate Commission Meeting in Fairfax

By: TheGreenMiles
Published On: 5/11/2008 4:47:59 PM

Just a reminder that the Virginia Commission on Climate Change will meet on Tuesday at George Mason University (Fairfax campus). There will be a public comment period.

The commission is coming under increasing pressure to deliver recommendations for strong action. After all, if the presumptive Republican presidential nominee can get behind a plan to cut our carbon emissions 2% a year, can't Virginia do better than 0.4% a year (7% by 2025)?

And maybe while he's out there, Paul Ferguson can kidnap some skunks and bring them to Arlington?


Comments



So... (tx2vadem - 5/11/2008 6:37:19 PM)
How about replacing the proposed coal fired power plant with a natural gas fired one?


How about ... (TheGreenMiles - 5/12/2008 8:40:03 AM)
Replacing the proposed coal fired power plant with offshore wind and tidal power and also using efficiency to cut our total statewide usage?


Agreed, but... (Lowell - 5/12/2008 8:46:38 AM)
...I'd definitely support a natural gas-fired plant over a coal-fired plant any day. Here are the carbon contents for the top three fossil fuels:

Coal: 25.4 metric tons per terajoule
Oil: 19.9 metric tons per terajoule
Natural Gas: 14.4 metric tons per terajoule

Also, there's no mountaintop removal for natural gas.  All in all, natural gas is a FAR better alternative than coal for power generation.  Even better is energy efficiency, of course, as it's the lowest of "low hanging fruit."  Then, I'd go for wind, tidal, wave, geothermal, concentrated solar, and photovoltaics (in no particular order), leaving open the option for nuclear power as well.  Pretty much, anything but coal and oil.