On Oct 22, 9:12 am, HK wrote:
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On Oct 21, 11:27 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Lobstermen protest proposed power plant
AP
Posted: 2007-10-11 16:15:12
WISCASSET, Maine (AP) - About 30 lobster boats paraded by this coastal
town Thursday as fishermen showed their opposition to plans for a new
power plant that would be built at the site of the former Maine Yankee
nuclear site.
About 120 people on the shore held up signs supporting the lobstermen
as the boats sailed by on the Sheepscot River. One of the signs said,
"Say No to Coal."
The $1.5 billion plant would burn gas extracted from coal. Promoters
say it would produce up to 700 megawatts of electricity and thousands
of barrels per day of diesel fuel.
But lobstermen say the Sheepscot River fishery would be threatened by
coal barge traffic. They say the Sheepscot fishery pumps millions of
dollars a year into the midcoast economy.
They're going to burn coal?
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They're going to burn gas. The gas is extracted from coal, huge
difference.

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Method for the in-situ extraction of gas from coal seams Document Type
and Number:United States Patent 6571874 Link to this page:http://
www.freepatentsonline.com/6571874.html Abstract:A method for the in-
situ extraction of gas from coal seams is provided. Flow paths are
produced in gas-containing coal by opening up the structure of the
coal by introducing into a bore hole that is sunk into the coal at
least one gas and/or liquid under pressure over a prolonged period of
time at a pressure that is less than the lowest principal stress
determined in a respective seam layer from which gas is to be
extracted. The introduction into the bore hole is carried out with a
cyclically fluctuating pressure. Gas is subsequently extracted via the
bore hole.

Plus, the old method of destructive distillation isn't as unefficient
as you might think.