Comments on: Sucking Up Again http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:38:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Edwards Goes For Obama | FITSNews For Now http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-21817 Edwards Goes For Obama | FITSNews For Now Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/#comment-21817 [...] - May 15, 2008 - South Carolina native and former N.C. Senator John Edwards has thrown his support (and his flapping arms) behind Barack Obama’s presidential [...] [...] – May 15, 2008 – South Carolina native and former N.C. Senator John Edwards has thrown his support (and his flapping arms) behind Barack Obama’s presidential [...]

]]> By: Rusty http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7437 Rusty Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:46:48 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/#comment-7437 Fits, For someone supposedly suspicious of Santee Cooper, you sure seem to have swallowed their talking points: Santee Cooper says they need their plant because they're running out of energy; so how will building this plant allow them to close down other plants? You can't have it both ways. If you think that this plant is going to get built for $1MM, or that one third of the price tag is going to fund some sort of R&D, you haven't been following the coal industry very closely. See Cliffside in North Carolina, where the price tag continues to inflate. Finally, you must not have read DHEC's draft air permit for the plant; otherwise, you would know that this plant will emit well over half what EPA allows, e.g. tons and tons of pollutants. Not sure how a coal plant relates to the tourist industry, other than the fact that building one makes it more likely that it will be washed away by rising sea levels or a hurricane. Fits,

For someone supposedly suspicious of Santee Cooper, you sure seem to have swallowed their talking points:

Santee Cooper says they need their plant because they’re running out of energy; so how will building this plant allow them to close down other plants? You can’t have it both ways.

If you think that this plant is going to get built for $1MM, or that one third of the price tag is going to fund some sort of R&D, you haven’t been following the coal industry very closely. See Cliffside in North Carolina, where the price tag continues to inflate.

Finally, you must not have read DHEC’s draft air permit for the plant; otherwise, you would know that this plant will emit well over half what EPA allows, e.g. tons and tons of pollutants.

Not sure how a coal plant relates to the tourist industry, other than the fact that building one makes it more likely that it will be washed away by rising sea levels or a hurricane.

]]> By: Harden Gervais http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7434 Harden Gervais Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:11:06 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/#comment-7434 Actually, the DHEC research into all this bears out the problems. With the exception of the upper corner of the upstate, SC's waterways are in a bad, um, state. No pun and all that. Actually, the DHEC research into all this bears out the problems. With the exception of the upper corner of the upstate, SC’s waterways are in a bad, um, state. No pun and all that.

]]> By: Natasha http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7429 Natasha Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:20:08 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/#comment-7429 If you visit www.scorecard.org you can look up your local area and see how polluted the environment you live in actually is...SC doesn't have a great scorecard from what I can tell... So much for pointing out the obvious here... If you visit http://www.scorecard.org you can look up your local area and see how polluted the environment you live in actually is…SC doesn’t have a great scorecard from what I can tell… So much for pointing out the obvious here…

]]> By: fitsnews http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7424 fitsnews Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:28:26 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/#comment-7424 Harden, Good points. We're with you on Santee Cooper not doing enough on that front. In fact, the entire notion of a state-owned utility is abhorrent to us. Having said that, we are in this position - and given the lack of viable alternatives to meet demand, at least they're not building a new mega-polluting plant every week like China ... -FITSNews Harden,

Good points. We’re with you on Santee Cooper not doing enough on that front. In fact, the entire notion of a state-owned utility is abhorrent to us.

Having said that, we are in this position – and given the lack of viable alternatives to meet demand, at least they’re not building a new mega-polluting plant every week like China …

-FITSNews

]]> By: Harden Gervais http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7421 Harden Gervais Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:05:34 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/15/sucking-up-again/#comment-7421 Never mind that coal power is a 19th century energy source, and pollution from the plant would exacerbate an already bad situation rivers and tributaries in this state, especially in that region. If Santee Cooper looked into something a tad more innovative, instead of doing the old Palmetto State half-assery, we wouldn't be in this position. Never mind that coal power is a 19th century energy source, and pollution from the plant would exacerbate an already bad situation rivers and tributaries in this state, especially in that region.

If Santee Cooper looked into something a tad more innovative, instead of doing the old Palmetto State half-assery, we wouldn’t be in this position.

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