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To: teevee who wrote (46589)

1/24/2014 11:15:36 AM

From: Wharf Rat

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"It is well known that a full and honest life cycle analysis shows that coal has less emissions than wind."

Not on Planet Earth.
Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by electricity source. [2]TechnologyDescription50th percentile
(g CO2/kWhe)

Hydroelectric	reservoir	4
Wind	onshore	12
Nuclear	various generation II reactor types	16
Biomass	various	18
Solar thermal	parabolic trough	22
Geothermal	hot dry rock	45
Solar PV	Polycrystaline silicon	46
Natural gas	various combined cycle turbines without scrubbing	469
Coal	various generator types without scrubbing	1001

en.wikipedia.org

It is also well known that the largest man made annual global emissions are methane generation and release from hydro electric reservoirs."

Also, not on Planet Earth.
icp.giss.nasa.gov
Methane Levels going through the Roof

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Expect the blue to start increasing.

On November 9, 2013, methane readings well over 2600 ppb were recorded at multiple altitudes, as illustrated by the image below.
arctic-news.blogspot.com
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v7/n1/full/ngeo2007.html

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