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GUEST,TIA Folklore: Stop Coal Co. from Erasing Union History (49) RE: BS: Stop Coal Co. from Erasing Union History 09 Dec 12

Here is something everyone should know about coal:

Nearly all of it (93%) goes to electricity generation...and 68% of the energy from that coal is lost...wasted...rejected.

See this graph from Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

http://grist.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/llnl-energy-flow-2009.jpg

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So, we are tearing up habitat, poisoning streams, and making people injured and ill to get at the resource...and then pissing most of it away.

Someone is getting rich, but it is hard to even call it an energy resource.

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