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Quick Facts
- 52% of all electricity in the United States comes from coal
- 600 Coal Fired power plants in the United States
- AEP Virgina Plan generates about 1300 mega watts/ hour
- Each household in the U.S. uses 9.5 tons of coal ea year on average
- Mike Morris- AEP CEO- in 2007 single largest emitter in the U.S.
- Steve Leer; Arch Coal: in the United States, we consume over 1 billion tons of coal each year- that's an addiction
How is this power getting to my home? - Powder River Basin sees 1m tonnes of coal per day
- Every 24 hours 35 miles of coal trains are loaded
- Ea day 150 to 170 trains day that's a train every 7 minutes. “nothing else like this anywhere else on earth and it never stops."
How much coal are they burning?
- 1 power plant burns through 1 train load of coal every 12 hours
- 1 lb- that's the amount of coal it requires to power your tv for 4 hours
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Looking at some of the previous pages in the sub text, it is easy to see indicators for growth in the green economy. Numbers rage from 15% to over 30% in many instances. There are very specific reason for the positive economic indicators. Legislative policies and priorities are changing the way business is done and investing in the necessary infrastructure for a green economy.
A123 Advanced battery comany funding:
- President Obama announced Thursday that the federal government will spend $8 billion developing a nationwide high-speed train system
- more than $80 billion in clean energy investments that will jump-start our economy and build the clean energy jobs of tomorrow:
- $11 billion for a bigger, better, and smarter grid that will move renewable energy from the rural places it is produced to the cities where it is mostly used, as well as for 40 million smart meters to be deployed in American homes.
- $5 billion for low-income home weatherization projects.
- $4.5 billion to green federal buildings and cut our energy bill, saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
- $6.3 billion for state and local renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts.
- $600 million in green job training programs – $100 million to expand line worker training programs and $500 million for green workforce training.
- $2 billion in competitive grants to develop the next generation of batteries to store energy.
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As the world population continues to grow, our patterns in consumer behavior will play an increasingly important role. Conserving our resources and preserving our environment is a critical part of the necessary blueprint. Energy consumption, is our greatest contributor to CO2 emmissions causing GHG(green house gases) about 40% come from Electricity producing plants and 92% of that comes from coal. (EPA)
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