What you need to know is that this has nothing to do with health and safety of Americans. Its about taxing us into poverty and losing our land and ability to survive and thrive because we cant afford the costs.
Coal has been clean energy since the Clean Air Act forced them to curb their emissions. The smoke you see from stacks is mostly steam form the emiisions hydro cleaning process.
The EPA is legislating mercury emissions. What few know is that they put mercury in our vaccines and mercury emissions in coal emissions is very low comparatively to other sources, some natural.
What few know is that the govenrment is giving waivers to their buddies in public/private partnerships just like they did with healthcare and other treasonous legislation. Most notably in the military industrial complex.
I would be happy to pay quadruple energy costs, but the real costs we will be paying is jumping from $16 per megawatt to between $136 and $397 per megawatt. These are not estimates, but actual prices suppliers have contracted for 2015-2018, with the costs being passed on to the consumer (you and me). In other words, an 850% to 2480% increase in electricity costs to the general public depending on geographic location and provider.
If you have a $160 per month electric bill today, in 2015-2018 your electric bill will be between $1360.00 and $3970.00 PER MONTH.
Again, this is not estimate or forward looking statements, BUT THE ACTUAL REAL MARKET COSTS TO THE ELECTRICITY BUYER.
The price for everything we buy, use, and need to survive will increase the same as well.
Food, water, clothing, transportation, medical, housing, services, internet access, online services, even bitcoin generation. And everything else.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=9534http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-18/business/chi-electric-rates-going-up-in-2015-20120518_1_electric-rates-electric-grid-capacity-paymentshttp://www.electricitypolicy.com/news/4372-pjm%E2%80%99s-capacity-auction-apt-to-boost-generator-profits-and-customer-prices-by-2015http://www.citizensutilityboard.org/news20120517_ChiTrib_CapacityAndCoal.htmlhttp://generationhub.com/2012/05/21/gop-says-pjm-auction-shows-result-of-obama-war-onhttp://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/22/obamas-war-on-coal-hits-your-electric-bill/print#ixzz1vdALNXOIplease contact your legislators today to support legislation killing the EPA's UMACT coal requirements:
http://action.americancommitment.org/6675/vote-yes-on-sj-res-37-to-stop-epas-war-on-coal/and educate everyone you talk to.. please.