Centralia, PA - anyone know about it?

[scbatz33]

I litterally just found out about it a couple months back which is why I am looking for the book and documentary. They are not easy to come by. I'm gonna go to B&N later and see if they can get it. It's a fascinating story about small town politics and big government intervention.

 

[Scoop]

DD is correcting me.

There are 3 cemeteries there and they are all untouched by the fire. Actually, they are interesting to read the headstones. So many children, young children. Some families lost more than one. Adults died so young years ago, too. The advances in medicine have been great I guess you could say. Gee, maybe I should take some pictures for you all next time I go by!

 

[Boyd]

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coal isn't all that clean really

Please forgive me. I should have said it's anthracite that is burning. a hard natural coal of high luster differing from bituminous coal in containing little volatile matter and in burning very cleanly —called also hard coal

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthracite

Sorry, if we are going to correct each other, natural gas is by far the cleanest of the fossil fuels out there beating out even coal. We'd be better off burning crude oil, so my statement was basically correct. Coal isn't really a clean energy source at all. Sorry if you felt the need to defend yourself, I wasn't trying to start an argument, but it is something I have looked into.


Fossil Fuel Emission Levels
- Pounds per Billion Btu of Energy Input
Pollutant Natural Gas Oil Coal
Carbon Dioxide 117,000 164,000 208,000
Carbon Monoxide 40 33 208
Nitrogen Oxides 92 448 457
Sulfur Dioxide 1 1,122 2,591
Particulates 7 84 2,744
Mercury 0.000 0.007 0.016

http://www.naturalgas.org/environment/naturalgas.asp

 

[froggie71]

Sorry Boyd I wasn't trying to get into an arguement either. I do not disagree natural gas is cleaner than anthracite, but wanted to say anthracite is different than coal.
Here is another website about centralia anthracite.
http://geer4coal.com/conversion.html

Pennsylvania Anthracite coal is very clean burning and produces no visible smoke or creosote. However, the mining of coal can produce some negative effects on the environment. One piece of good news - all anthracite coal mined today is mined from mines that were opened way back before World War II. So, no new mines are being dug. Also, a strict policy dictates that the mining companies restore the land to it's former condition. Coal is not renewable (at least not without waiting a few million years).​