Comments on: Local Fossil Fools Day Demonstration Photos http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/ Living Green. Here. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: pam http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-264312 pam Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:17:08 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/#comment-264312 i heat my little flat up with a coal fire and logs, i am not using as much energy as if i were using massive central heating which i cannot afford here in the uk so cannot change i am afraid, have to keep the old bones warm somehow, what should Iburn, books? i heat my little flat up with a coal fire and logs, i am not using as much energy as if i were using massive central heating which i cannot afford here in the uk so cannot change i am afraid, have to keep the old bones warm somehow, what should Iburn, books?

]]> By: Jessica S. http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-20455 Jessica S. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:22:45 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/#comment-20455 I would really love the battle between "activists" & "economists" to end. What will it matter how much money we saved if that "savings" results in our demise? We are on the road to environmental disaster right now & I keep hearing the same argument: "But do you really want to pay what it will cost to change the world?" YES WE DO!! I am a college student with a very minimal income & I pay the "big bucks" for environmentally safe and recycled products. I buy carbon offsets for my car, home, and university. I donate money to organizations that are doing what it takes to get the word out & get it out the right way. And ya know what? I'm doing just fine financially. It CAN be done with a little bit of planning and I AM making a difference, even if it isn't plainly visible to others. The change we need to see is not going to happen overnight, but if we all make small changes in our everyday lives it can definitely be done. Obviously, big changes need to happen as well (in areas like fossil fuel & renewable resource use, everyday waste we create, etc.) but if big corporations start to see that the public IS willing to make a plan for the highest efficiency possible, they will start to budge and we WILL see changes in a big way. We already are. I just really hope that groups like Alliance for Planet Earth realize the amazing changes they are making and paving the way for in the future. I hope you all keep up the great work! Thanks a million. I would really love the battle between “activists” & “economists” to end. What will it matter how much money we saved if that “savings” results in our demise? We are on the road to environmental disaster right now & I keep hearing the same argument: “But do you really want to pay what it will cost to change the world?” YES WE DO!! I am a college student with a very minimal income & I pay the “big bucks” for environmentally safe and recycled products. I buy carbon offsets for my car, home, and university. I donate money to organizations that are doing what it takes to get the word out & get it out the right way. And ya know what? I’m doing just fine financially. It CAN be done with a little bit of planning and I AM making a difference, even if it isn’t plainly visible to others. The change we need to see is not going to happen overnight, but if we all make small changes in our everyday lives it can definitely be done. Obviously, big changes need to happen as well (in areas like fossil fuel & renewable resource use, everyday waste we create, etc.) but if big corporations start to see that the public IS willing to make a plan for the highest efficiency possible, they will start to budge and we WILL see changes in a big way. We already are.

I just really hope that groups like Alliance for Planet Earth realize the amazing changes they are making and paving the way for in the future. I hope you all keep up the great work! Thanks a million.

]]> By: cdon http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-19764 cdon Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:31:26 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/#comment-19764 Appreciate the info. Sounds like a plan. I get annoyed at NIMBY types that don't offer alternatives and I didn't see or read about any in the protest coverage. Digg had a timely article on the 6 largest solar power plants currently in planning stages which was pretty interesting. 3 of which were in the US, albeit out West. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4239 Appreciate the info. Sounds like a plan. I get annoyed at NIMBY types that don’t offer alternatives and I didn’t see or read about any in the protest coverage.

Digg had a timely article on the 6 largest solar power plants currently in planning stages which was pretty interesting. 3 of which were in the US, albeit out West.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4239

]]> By: John Mellor http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-19659 John Mellor Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:07:12 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/#comment-19659 Hey folks, Great blog and great coverage of fossil fools day in Charleston. To respond to "cdon" who is concerned with cost, what do you say about the recent 20% inflation in the price of the Pee Dee coal plant? Do you think the price tag is done rising? What about the cost of carbon dioxide (as much as $50 to $400 million annually, over the next 30 years or so) associated with this plant? What about the quadrupling of the price of coal over the past 5 years? What about the health costs associated with all the pollution a coal plant delivers? Who pays? You (and me). Coal is a poor choice from a financial perspective, as well as an environmental, health and moral perspective. Here's just one alternative among many: you may not know that energy efficiency (or doing more with less) costs less than half of what coal costs today (without taking into account the cost dynamics noted above), has no environmental or health impacts, creates more jobs, lowers folks' bills, and could feasibly cut our energy consumption in SC by 1/5th. Add in a modest amount of renewable energy (biomass, small hydro, some solar, offshore wind), which costs about as much as coal when you account for coal's real costs, and you can meet all of the state's demand for energy going forward. http//:www.cleanenergysc.com Hey folks,

Great blog and great coverage of fossil fools day in Charleston.

To respond to “cdon” who is concerned with cost, what do you say about the recent 20% inflation in the price of the Pee Dee coal plant? Do you think the price tag is done rising? What about the cost of carbon dioxide (as much as $50 to $400 million annually, over the next 30 years or so) associated with this plant? What about the quadrupling of the price of coal over the past 5 years? What about the health costs associated with all the pollution a coal plant delivers? Who pays? You (and me).

Coal is a poor choice from a financial perspective, as well as an environmental, health and moral perspective.

Here’s just one alternative among many: you may not know that energy efficiency (or doing more with less) costs less than half of what coal costs today (without taking into account the cost dynamics noted above), has no environmental or health impacts, creates more jobs, lowers folks’ bills, and could feasibly cut our energy consumption in SC by 1/5th. Add in a modest amount of renewable energy (biomass, small hydro, some solar, offshore wind), which costs about as much as coal when you account for coal’s real costs, and you can meet all of the state’s demand for energy going forward.

http//:www.cleanenergysc.com

]]> By: cdon http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-19637 cdon Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:07:57 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2008/04/02/local-fossil-fools-day-demonstration-photos/#comment-19637 What was their alternative for the coal plant? The area's growing energy needs won't be slowing anytime soon. I think most people would be against a new coal plant polluting the environment, but ask those same people if they would want their energy bills to double by adding a costlier but less environmentally damaging power plant and see what their responses are. What was their alternative for the coal plant? The area’s growing energy needs won’t be slowing anytime soon. I think most people would be against a new coal plant polluting the environment, but ask those same people if they would want their energy bills to double by adding a costlier but less environmentally damaging power plant and see what their responses are.

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