Comments on: Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster Dwarfs Exxon Spill

By: christine

christine — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:19:31 +0000

I live near this area and my drinking water comes directly from the affected waterways. NO ONE is telling us to use other water sources. I am so afraid of the long term consequences. I am seriously thinking of moving ASAP. This is not being played up on the local news, in fact only briefly mentioned. I have to look to the wire services or other sources on the net to get any information. SHAME on TVA and the EPA ( under Bush’s watch) for allowing this situation to occur. Hundreds of thousands of people will be effected through the water or air pollution caused by this disaster.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:42:54 +0000

I never said I’d like an accident to happen, that’s a retarded thing to say. I said that accidents DO happen.

If you have been harmed you should sue for damages compensation.

By: Leslie @ the oko box

Leslie @ the oko box — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:13:35 +0000

As someone who lives around the bend from this disaster “accidents” like this shouldnt just happen! I am in Asheville NC and the pollution from this spill has blown over here in the air giving tons of people headaches, bloody noses, seizures, and other allergy symptoms including alot of coughing and feeling of flu aching. It is a disaster of huge proportions that should not be allowed to happen! They saw wet spots and leaks and the EPA had a chance to put stronger rules on the holding ponds ten years ago- but didnt because of pressure from industries wanting to just save more dollars for themselves. Now they have a spill so big, they will likely go bankrupt and the EPA has already said it will be a superfund site. The clean up could take years and may never make the area inhabitable again.
People not effected by this are only hearing the lies on the news that the company is saying this is “non toxic” and other BS, then when their hand is forced by the EPA to reveal the contents of this holding pond, it is full of BILLIONS of tons of heavy metals – that have blown for hundreds of miles into the air making people sick in areas that these jerks will never compensate us for.
I am sure ED, you would not like an Accident to happen in your back yard – causing you cancer, seizures, bloody noses, and nausea, would you !>!>!>>!???

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:16:33 +0000

Who says coal doesn’t have continued potential? You? Contributor to some random eco-freak website? Oh, well, excuse me, I clearly stand corrected. I should have noticed all the non-existent coal power plants.

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:20:56 +0000

Ed: Coal doesn’t have continued potential. Thanks for playing though. You can pick up your complimentary asshat by the door.

“The stone age didn’t end because we ran out of stones.” -Rob Wilder on the Tesla Roadster forums

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:18:06 +0000

CLEAN coal.
clean COAL.
CLEAN COAL.

…nope, no matter how I say it, it still sounds irresponsibly stupid.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:07:36 +0000

Accidents happen. In the way that we learned from Chernobyl and most of us recognised the continued potential for nuclear power, this incident for coal should be treated the same way.