Tennessee

Back in February, 2009, Business Week published my article, Green Energy: Our Future Depends on It. They even asked for a picture – which I was happy to provide.  I just learned that it was picked up by other web-sites: As a News Pick by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen‘s Energy Task Force, By Physics Today, [...]

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As noted on this website, (click here ) On Dec. 22, 2008, a billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River when the retention pond burst at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Steam Plant. That’s 1,000,000,000 gallons of toxic soup containing Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, Selenium and [...]

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Clean Coal, My Ash

by L J Furman on January 2, 2009

in Wind Power

A billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River beginning Monday Dec. 22, 2008. Coal plants in the US produce 129 million tons of fly ash per year. Solar and wind farms produce zero grams of solid waste per year. Offshore wind farms produce artificial reefs, which are good for the environment.

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