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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Forget the coal. Ideally, it would be nicer to generations to come to let the coal turn into diamonds. Coal is bad for the environment and will eventually get used up. Plutonium and stuff like that is man-made and so it will be forever to make. My only problem with radioactive materials is that it is difficult to deal with the waste afterwards. I can't think of any way to fast and safely dispose or destroy the waste. [/quote]Not to make to much of a statement here, but there is technology that is currently available (since 1978) patented by Southern Company, known as Solvent Refined Coal or SRC for short. This process available today cleans up the coal to an amazing level. If you were to see a piece of SRC it would appear almost crystaline, burns very hot, dry, and clean without the sulphuric acid residue with greatly redused NOX emission. This would be a musical note to both the nuclear industry that provides the heat requirement and the railroads for their traditional role. This is also the first cousin to the McIntosh process that is used to turn coal into synthetic oil. Unfortunatly it is still somewhat expensive, but who knows, with oil prices going North of $50 the barell something might just happen from that clay ridge in Atlanta on the perimeter, and things will never be the same again.
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