Clean coal TV spot: "Percussion"

On the contrary, technology has made todays coal-based generating fleet cleaner on the basis of regulated emissions per unit of energy produced. EPA figures show this. And we dont oppose with alternative energy sources like solar and wind—with our growing energy demand, were going to have to call on all of our domestic energy sources. We absolutely need to grow renewables and do more in terms of energy efficiency and conservation.

Were sorry to hear that about your grandfather. Of course, we know well need all of our domestic energy sources to meet Americas growing energy demand, and we support the growth of renewables like wind and solar. However, right now, wind and solar cant provide the kind of always-on power that coal provides. We need to acknowledge those challenges and come up with a balanced energy solution. Coal and advanced clean coal technologies need to be a part of that discussion.

Notice he doesn't reply about Geo-Thermal how is that for always on? It works for Iceland!

I can't help but fund irony in adds like this, I am Computer Tech and programmer. When I saw my jobs and those of my friends go to India there where no ad's for us! Coal is the VHS of power Generation, it's time to move on!

At Americas Power, we dont think that coal is the VHS of energy at all. In fact, todays coal-based generating fleet is 77 percent cleaner on the basis of regulated emissions per unit of energy produced than facilities built in the 1970s. Thats due in large part to clean coal technologies, which have reduced emissions and improved efficiency. The next generation of clean coal technologies can help rejuvenate our economy and keep jobs here in the U.S.

77 percent cleaner, I wonder how much of that stat is based on the fact that many plants have been shut down do to EPA regulation and the increase of hydro-electric and Solar (like the plant in Luaghlin, NV, which was shutdown for filling the Grand Canyon with smoke and after Eldorado Solar in Boulder City, NV made no longer needed ) there by reducing the overall pollution caused by coal. If closing plants is what you call "Clean Coal Tech" then it has my full support. Drop the "Spin Stats"!

YUCK!! Coal is most certainly NOT cheap, if you also factor in the associated health care costs (i.e. premature deaths, hospital admissions, heart attacks, etc.) caused by pollution from coal-fired power plants. And then there's also global warming (from the CO2 generation). God alone knows how much it would cost to build a dike all the way around Manhattan, to protect it from the rising sea!

YUCK!! Coal is most definitely NOT cheap, if you also factor in the health care costs (i.e. premature deaths, asthma attacks, heart attacks, etc.) due to the pollution it generates.

And what about the costs due to global warming, on account of the CO2 emissions caused from using coal... God alone knows how much it would cost to build a dike all the way around Manhattan to protect it from the rising sea!!!

We encourage you to learn more about clean coal technologies, and how theyve reduced emissions—including those cause smog and acid rain—since the 1970s. In fact, todays coal-based generating fleet is 77 percent cleaner on the basis of regulated emissions per unit of energy produced.