Comments on: Potawatomi Activism in Wisconsin: Fighting Global Warming https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/potawatomi-activism-in-wiscons/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Markk https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/potawatomi-activism-in-wiscons/#comment-541143 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:16:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/potawatomi-activism-in-wiscons/#comment-541143 It is amazing what happens when a political organization gets some real cash to show their colors. Potowatami are showing real well here. A great argument for Indian Casinos. (Potowatami Casino is in downtown Milwaukee and generates 10’s of millions of dollars for the tribe).

]]> By: Nathan Myers https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/potawatomi-activism-in-wiscons/#comment-541142 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:21:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/potawatomi-activism-in-wiscons/#comment-541142 The only hope we have to stop global warming (and reduce mercury pollution, besides) is to discover ways to produce electricity that are enough cheaper than coal that (most of) those currently using coal spontaneously abandon it as uneconomical.

It’s not used to drive ships, today, so the threshold seems close. Extraction technology is very mature, so there’s bound to be very little price elasticity. Once it falls, it will fall very quickly — particularly if existing coal power plants’ turbines can be made to spin without it.

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