[NCLUG] Re: "Green" power

[William Steffes]

John L. Bass wrote:
> ROTFL ... obviously we have some discussion points from your reply :)
>
> Depending on where one lives, electricity is produced mainly by oil,
> gas, or coal which all produce CO2 in the best case, and in the worst
> case many other not so nice gases depending on the impurities of the
> fuel. These gases are great concern to those with power plants in
> their back yards, and greatly cause concern of residents when plants
> are proposed to be built in their back yards. In case you have not
> noticed, but this carbon foot print is one main part of global
> warming, and great concern to all environmentalists. Electricity
> produced by fossil fuels is only clean where it's used, not where its
> produced.
>
Yet a another beautiful thing about northern Colorado (Fort Collins,
Loveland, Estes Park), most of the electricity is hydro.  Glen Canyon to
be precise.  Although Rawhide is coal fired, most of that is sold off to
Xcel energy. 


William