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OpenSourceCoal.org: Questioning the Viability of a Coal-Based Future

Appalachian Voices - Non-Profit - www.AppalachianVoices.org

OpenSourceCoal.org is an online user-friendly compendium which seeks to tame bewildering and wildly scattered government coal data. How many tons of coal were surface-mined by Massey Energy in 1998? What are the annual CO2 emissions from power plants in NC? The data available on OpenSourceCoal.org offers a comprehensive view of the rising costs and declining production of coal.

We have the tool plus relationships with the public, media, and elected officials. Free Range can provide the means of keeping the data current and disseminating this important information, helping to create a clean energy future for Appalachia.

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AdminSimon A. Nurse (Admin, Free Range Studios' Youtopia) shared this idea  ·  October 17, 2010  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →

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  • muffinman. commented  ·  November 01, 2010 16:42  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    cant vote ? at least i know the site now -

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  • Lauren commented  ·  November 01, 2010 05:16  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    How many more rivers and groundwater used as drinking water by citizens across the country need to be polluted by waste from coal combustion waste. We need to stop our reliance on coal NOW! Stop ripping open our mountains, polluting our waters and our bodies.

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  • Lance Lewis commented  ·  October 31, 2010 18:26  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Let coal reserves be reserved for the hard times we may face. We've had great technology advances since 1880. Great proposal!

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  • Robin Austin commented  ·  October 30, 2010 09:18  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Of Course this is a wonderful Idea.

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  • James Mullins commented  ·  October 30, 2010 05:29  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    The only benefit of coal? It's cheap and brings huge profits. That’s it. Otherwise it pollutes the air, its extraction causes long term health defects within the coal miners who extract it as well as the people who live around the mines. Oh and let’s not forget the long term environmental devastation mining coal causes. It makes one question the motivations of people who say "coal is our future...." or “we need coal."

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  • C Mendonca commented  ·  October 30, 2010 05:23  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    There are so many other cleaner, safer ways to power our lives everyday.

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  • Annette Nielsen commented  ·  October 29, 2010 15:31  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Time for algenol, ethanol, wind, wave, water, solar power. Technology is there and it would employ a lot of folks!!

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  • Annette Nielsen commented  ·  October 29, 2010 15:31  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Time for algenol, ethanol, wind, wave, water, solar power. Technology is there and it would employ a lot of folks!!

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  • centralspiritualsun commented  ·  October 29, 2010 13:50  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    question question question the heck out of a carbon-based energy future!!! All the fuch to be clean, green, equitable, charitable, just and peaceful! Bring it on!!!

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  • Misti Wright Furr commented  ·  October 29, 2010 09:35  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    I heart mountains.

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  • Kathy Caudle commented  ·  October 29, 2010 08:16  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    How can we continue to destroy this beautiful creation?

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  • Kathy Caudle commented  ·  October 29, 2010 08:16  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    How can we continue to destroy this beautiful creation?

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  • Jaimee Smith commented  ·  October 29, 2010 07:25  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Thanks Appalachian Voices!

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  • Donna Lisenby commented  ·  October 28, 2010 16:56  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Go App Voices and Open Source Coal.

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  • renee commented  ·  October 26, 2010 17:58  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    appalachian voices- the voice of the people who have to live with this industrial polluting monster- mountain top removal mining in there backyards. save the mountains, save the streams, keep people healthy- STOP MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL MINING!!!

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  • Adrian Tait commented  ·  October 26, 2010 17:40  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Let's find ways to get miners into better jobs!

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  • Mary Akerstrom commented  ·  October 26, 2010 16:46  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Appalachian Voices is the Hope for a region. The destruction of these mountains is simply wrong on so many levels!

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  • Dana Alder commented  ·  October 26, 2010 16:34  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    A,V. works hard to stop those who are taking the tops off our beautiful mountains and dumping the slag into our beautiful hollers and streams..

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  • bluemountainmama commented  ·  October 26, 2010 16:27  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    kudos to appalachian voices and their tireless work to bring justice to appalachia and to shed light on the lies of the coal industry.

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  • Devon Tuttle commented  ·  October 26, 2010 16:27  ·  Flag as inappropriate  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

    Keep up the good fight App. Voices!

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