The environmental impact of the coal-fired power plant.

History

What is the history of coal?

•	in England during the Industrial Revolution

•	by moth color

•	in West Virginia

•	in Kentucky

•	in China

Pollution

Does burning coal impact the air we breathe?

Does burning coal create second hand smoke?

Does mining and burning coal pollute waterways?

Does burning coal impact the water we use?

Chemistry

What chemicals are formed in the pyrolytic oxidation of coal?

How many of these chemicals are carcinogenic?

What do Venus and Mars have in common in their atmosphere?

How has carbon dioxide impact the atmosphere of Venus?

How has carbon dioxide impact the atmosphere of Mars?

What kind of simulation models have you used to calculate your environmental impact?

How much temperature rise is required to finish melting the ice caps?

Safety

Have you ever been inside a coal mine?

Have you ever lost any relatives in a mining accident?

Have you ever had cancer?

Environmental Impact

What is the direction of the prevailing winds?

How does acid rain form?

Who lives downwind of the coal-burning powerplant?

By what amount will the coal-burning plant raise the temperature of surrounding waterways?

What volume of water passes through the plant?

3.2 million gallons per year from millwood lake.

Does warming streams change their bacterial and viral composition?

By what factor does a 10 degree C temperature increase affect chemical reaction kinetics?

Does warming streams affect fish and wildlife?

How many tons of carbon dioxide are emitted by the coal-burning plant per year?

5.28 million tons according to the statement filed with Ar Pub Service Commission.

How may pounds of mercury will be emitted by the coal-burning plant per year?

How many tons of water vapor are emitted by the coal-burning plant per year?

How many tons of carcinogens are emitted?

Alternatives

Wind, solar concentrators, Down’s cells, the governor proposes nuclear.

How many megawatts does a large wind turbine generate?

Which corridors in Arkansas have promise for wind energy?

If you could not use coal, how would you generate the energy we need?

Do you know what a Stirling engine is?

Mining

How many miners will die per year mining coal for the coal-burning plant?

How many acres of land will be destroyed mining coal?

How much fossil fuel will be burned mining coal?

How much fossil fuel will be used transporting coal?

Where will you obtain the coal?

What is the principal risk from melting the polar caps?

What alternatives do we have for coal?

Measurement

When do we assess environmental impact, before or after the damage is done?

Ad hominem.

Are you the one building a coal-fired power plant?

Do you have training in chemistry and biology?

Are you trained as an environmental chemist?

Have you ever been a representative of a tobacco company?

Have you pledged financial support to this university?

Do you drive an SUV?

SWEPCO

Was Swepco’s parent company AEP ordered to pay the largest air-pollution settlement in history on October 9, 2007?
AEP to Pay $4.6 Billion: Largest Clean Air Settlement in U.S. History
Oct 9, 2007 ... The settlement also requires AEP to pay a $15 million civil penalty ... a company being bound by an order of the court to take those steps. ...	

How much money does SWEPCO pay you as their environmental representative?

Was Swepco’s parent company AEP ordered by the court to pay a $300 million dollar judgement?

How are the profits that SWEPCO makes distributed?

How much money does your CEO make?

How much money do your board of directors make?

Was Swepco involved in the Enron practice of manipulating energy markets?

Did you purchase a studio at LSUS and then were your executives interviewed by that same studio?

Citizen concern

Are the citizens of Texarkana concerned? What were their concerns?

How many fish species will die when the water temperature rises 20 degrees C?

Which is better, to pollute and monitor, or not to pollute in the first place?

Is the Nacotech Ravine northeast of the plant a protected area?

Do you believe global warming is a concern?

How far is the greenland ice sheet receding per day?

What will happen to the local contractors if the construction of this plant is stopped by Federal injunction?

What percentage of the power customers live outside Arkansas, as in Texas?

Knowledge map this.

How do you dispose of the giant tires used by mining equipment?

They build bat caves.

Turk plant opposition.