Just found this on Drudge:
From November to April, hundreds of manatees huddle in the warm
discharge canal of one of Florida’s biggest coal-fired plants, the Big
Bend Power Station near Tampa, as camera-toting families point and laugh
from a viewing deck at the gentle creatures lolling near the smokestacks.
Some
two-thirds of Florida’s endangered manatees rely on discharge waters
from power plants for winter warmth, according to federal biologists.
It’s a fact that congressional Republicans are seizing on to challenge
the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s agenda to fight climate
change, a plan to slash carbon emissions that could force large-scale closures of coal plants.
So, if we want to save the manatees, we need to keep the Florida coal plants running - or, we could do a truly green thing and replace these plants with nukes burning thorium...no evil CO2, lots of warm water - and cheap, clean power...
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article15397277.html#storylink=cpy
No comments:
Post a Comment