coal section is pretty weak. see below.&nbsp; The whole plan is attached. Pls review at your leisure. paul<br><br>COAL INDUSTRY'S ROLE<br><br>New Technology to Fight Greenhouse Gas Emissions<br><br>Efficiency First--Maximize Energy Efficiency to Address Coal Demand: A 2006 McKinsey
<br>Global Insight study of global energy efficiency potential found that all future energy service<br>demand growth in North America can be met through cost-effective energy efficiency<br>investments, such as greener building technologies and more efficient vehicles. Recent examples
<br>prove that efficiency can dramatically reduce the need to build new power plants. Earlier this<br>year, investors acquired TXU and scrapped plans to build 8 of 11 planned coal-fired power<br>plants in Texas. Part of the plan to replace the 8 planned power plants was a $400 million
<br>increase in expenditures on customer efficiency. To maximize the potential for efficiency,<br>Hillary would direct state utility commissions to ensure that before approving an application to<br>build a coal plant, there is an evaluation of whether the energy services provided by that plant
<br>could be met by cost-effective investments in energy efficiency.<br><br>Accelerating the Development of Clean Coal<br><br>Coal plays a major role in America's energy mix, powering fifty percent of America's electricity
<br>generation, and we still have enormous coal reserves. At the same time, coal-fired power plants<br>are the largest contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and are responsible for emissions of<br>mercury and other dangerous pollutants. Hillary understands that continuing to build new coal
<br>plants in the same way that we have in the past will make it extremely difficult to meet our<br>climate change goals. Hillary's plan includes many components that would alleviate the need for<br>additional coal plants in the coming years. For example, hr strong efficiency measures will
<br>reduce the need for new power plants.<br>Hillary also believes that we need to take swift action to spur the development and deployment<br>of technology and practices that will enable us to capture, store and safely sequester carbon
<br>dioxide from coal-fired power plants. To accelerate the development of this important<br>technology, Hillary would put immediate funding towards 10 large scale carbon capture and<br>storage projects that utilize a range of coal types, power plant types, and storage locations. She
<br>will move quickly to develop the regulatory framework to ensure that carbon sequestration can<br>be done safely and reliably. And she will require all new coal plants to be capable of adding<br>capture and storage technology when it becomes commercially available.
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Paul Wilson<br>Sierra Club<br>504 Jefferson Ave<br>Charles Town, WV&nbsp;&nbsp;25414-1130<br>Phone: 304-725-4360<br>Cell: 304-279-6975