Anyone live near a windfarm?

[DarkBlack]

Oh well, electric available 24/7 has been overrated

… Uh, No it’s not.

 

[jkeys]

Which power plant?

Dickerson Power Plant in MD. It was built in 1959 and its original permits made it exempt from any modern pollution controls for the longest time. When they lost their court case to keep dumping toxins in the river they shut their doors.

Evidence of Groundwater Contamination according to court records:
Boron (x5 over limit), Lithium (x21 over limit), Molybdenum (x30 over limit), Selenium (x6 over limit), Sulfate (x2 over limit)

Volume of coal ash containing heavy metals measured to be present: 3.5 Million cubic yards.

https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/water/water_supply/Source_Water_Assessment_Program/Documents/www.mde.state.md.us/assets/document/watersupply/SWAPS/Montgomery/Dickerson%20Generating%20Station.pdf

Another Judge Sides with Marylanders Against GenOn’s Attempts to Roll Back Clean Water Protections | Environmental Integrity

https://news.maryland.gov/mde/2016/08/29/power-company-to-pay-1-million-penalty-perform-1-million-in-environmental-projects-upgrade-water-pollution-prevention-technology/

NRG Dickerson Plant Found to be Source of Potomac River Sheen | U.S. EPA News Releases | US EPA

19january2017snapshot.epa.gov

 

[Hay Dude]

Dickerson Power Plant in MD. It was built in 1959 and its original permits made it exempt from any modern pollution controls for the longest time. When they lost their court case to keep dumping toxins in the river they shut their doors.

Evidence of Groundwater Contamination according to court records:
Boron (x5 over limit), Lithium (x21 over limit), Molybdenum (x30 over limit), Selenium (x6 over limit), Sulfate (x2 over limit)

Volume of coal ash containing heavy metals measured to be present: 3.5 Million cubic yards.

https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/water/water_supply/Source_Water_Assessment_Program/Documents/www.mde.state.md.us/assets/document/watersupply/SWAPS/Montgomery/Dickerson%20Generating%20Station.pdf

Another Judge Sides with Marylanders Against GenOn’s Attempts to Roll Back Clean Water Protections | Environmental Integrity

https://news.maryland.gov/mde/2016/08/29/power-company-to-pay-1-million-penalty-perform-1-million-in-environmental-projects-upgrade-water-pollution-prevention-technology/

NRG Dickerson Plant Found to be Source of Potomac River Sheen | U.S. EPA News Releases | US EPA

19january2017snapshot.epa.gov

Yeah, no 1959 was a lonnnng time ago.
I’d like to see what a solar or wind farm looks like after 66 years.

You greenies are all the same…find worst example of conventional power plant failure and plant your flag there.

Meanwhile, thousands of power plants chug along, causing minimal disturbance and supplying 24/7/365 dependable power.

 

[jkeys]

Yeah, no 1959 was a lonnnng time ago.
I’d like to see what a solar or wind farm looks like after 66 years.

You greenies are all the same…find worst example of conventional power plant failure and plant your flag there.

Meanwhile, thousands of power plants chug along, causing minimal disturbance and supplying 24/7/365 dependable power.

Funny how you call people who don't want cancer "greenies". I'm all for natural gas plants, modern nuclear, hydro, wind, and solar, etc. I think coal needs to die. Why should my family get cancer for living next to a power plant that benefits mainly city folks living 50 miles away?

Trash incinerators are also a major problem, but I don't think anyone has a great solution for dealing with trash, whether it gets burned for electricity or shoved in the ground.

 

[Jstpssng]

a power plant that benefits mainly city folks living 50 miles away

It isn't just 50 miles. As smokestacks got taller, it just meant that the crap would go even farther. Tbe prevailing winds bloe from west to east so most of our air pollution is imported from 47 states to the west of us.

 

[lman]

It looks like most of our air pollution comes out of Canada wildfires.

 

[dodge man]

All or almost all coal power plants have scrubbers on them. They also burn low sulfur coal or a blend of high and low sulfur coal. I’m not saying the smokestack is clean but much better then it used to be.

 

[jkeys]

It isn't just 50 miles. As smokestacks got taller, it just meant that the crap would go even farther. Tbe prevailing winds bloe from west to east so most of our air pollution is imported from 47 states to the west of us.

In this case the smoke is just part of it. It is the groundwater contamination that is giving people near the plant cancer.

 

[ponytug]

In this case the smoke is just part of it. It is the groundwater contamination that is giving people near the plant cancer.

Depending on the coal origin and combustion method, the ash can have quite high levels of arsenic (0.02-0.1%), which like mercury does leach.

https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2250&context=woca

All the best,

Peter

 

[Hay Dude]

In this case the smoke is just part of it. It is the groundwater contamination that is giving people near the plant cancer.

Depending on the coal origin and combustion method, the ash can have quite high levels of arsenic (0.02-0.1%), which like mercury does leach.

https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2250&context=woca

All the best,

Peter

Since you guys are all about rescuing the great unwashed from cancer from power plants, whats your take on the poor kids working in mines in Africa extracting rare earth metals that cause all kinds of cancers & diseases to build your solar panels, and batteries?