CNN’s Velshi: I’m not even as ‘clean’ as coal when I ‘get out of the shower.’
By on Apr 28th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
CNN’s Velshi: I’m not even as ‘clean’ as coal when I ‘get out of the shower.’
Previewing his interview with the CEO of Sasol, a South African company that produces coal-based liquid fuels, chief business correspondent Ali Velshi on Friday admitted that there “are issues with coal,” but minimized its problems:
There are issues with coal. It’s not the cleanest thing in the world. You see the signs for clean coal, 99 percent clean. I’m not 99 percent clean when I get out of the shower. . . I just look clean.
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The Wonk Room explains how far Velshi is from the truth when he talks about “99 percent clean” coal.
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Geez, who the hell taught him how to clean himself? What is he, 80% clean coming out of the shower? Is he taking a shit in there or something? Idiot.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:35 pm#1, now that there’s funny, and I don’t care who you are!
April 28th, 2008 at 9:38 pmVelshi has sold out to Big Coal.
Next…
April 28th, 2008 at 9:40 pmThe emissions problem, as bad as it is, is only half of the problem with coal. Mountaintop removal coal mining is the other side of the coin, and equally horrible.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:48 pmNow I am wondering if he’s got a bad case of smegma. (shudder)
April 28th, 2008 at 9:53 pmHow can replacing one dirty , finite fuel source with another dirty , finite fuel sorce be “minimized” in any way ?
April 28th, 2008 at 10:01 pmI’m going to write CNN and offer him a fool-proof manual on how to clean his body. On sale now for only $3000! Lots of big pictures if you get confused Ali!
Perhaps he’s bathing WITH the coal. He’s already in bed with it.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pmI’ve got to minimizize my use of koal.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:09 pmEspecially in the showower…
April 28th, 2008 at 10:12 pmWell, either Velshi is an idiot, or a lying propagandist (I vote for both). Mining and burning of coal produces many dangerous contaminants, but that is just the beginning. Coal combustion yields CO2 at nearly 100%, and therefore releases the highest C02 output per BTU of any fuel source. Switching oil to coal increases CO2 production per BTU by something like 40%.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pmOT: Have you seen the latest McCain ad by the DNC?
https://www.democrats.org/page/contribute/FundIraqAd?source=NETA764
April 28th, 2008 at 10:18 pmVerbal, I heard that coal could be cleaner IF they retrofitted all the places where it’s used to have some special kind of lid on the stacks but the cost is so high most places won’t do it.
Watch that become the talking point…they just won’t mention that they aren’t going to bother doing the right (and costly) thing.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:19 pm“I’m not 99 percent clean when I get out of the shower. . . I just look clean.”
And I certainly would have the Purell if I sat next to this idiot.
p.s. Best comment from #1. Sounds like Velshi smells like ass all the time.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:36 pmThere is no such thing as clean Coal. I can understand how he never feels 99% clean; it’s the foul stench of his propoganda he is smelling.
We would have to increase our coal mining by 40%,to replace only 10% of our oil consumption. In so doing this, we would create a “ton of carbon dioxide for each barrel of liquid fuel”. The coal plant pollution kills 24,000 people a year with an increase of 40%, the death toll would be 34,600.
This would increase our dependence on fossil fuels and claim more lives in the process. Velshi is minimizing all the negative issues concerning coal based liquid fuels. How much are they paying him to push this issue?
April 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pmMs_Joanne Says:
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Verbal, I heard that coal could be cleaner IF they retrofitted all the places where it’s used to have some special kind of lid on the stacks but the cost is so high most places won’t do it.
Watch that become the talking point…they just won’t mention that they aren’t going to bother doing the right (and costly) thing.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
That’s akin to claiming burning fossils fuels would be much cleaner if we just didn’t use them ……………..
April 28th, 2008 at 10:40 pmHe’s not totally clean after he gets out of the shower because, sadly, he always has a dribble of shit running out of his mouth. And don’t get me started on his halitosis problem.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:05 pmI support a muzzle being your birthday present , Voice_Of_Treason …………..
April 28th, 2008 at 11:18 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
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Barack Obama supports clean coal.
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Voice_of_Reason Says:
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Hillary Clinton supports clean coal.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
No , they don’t , you lying skid mark ………..
April 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pmHi Voice_of_Reason:
April 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pmDo you support clean coal? What if anything do you and your family do to effect positive yet simple adjustments in your 24/7 which aid the planet? Do you agree with the new moral obligation of so amny churches to foster stewardship?
The “Voice of Reason” moniker has got to be one of the biggest misnomers in this blog.
Regardless of who supports and/or endorses this technology, fact remains that “clean coal” is an oxymoron.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:29 pmSo what little steps at the bottom of the pyramid are we each engaged in?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:33 pmVoice_Of_The_HorseshitGOP
Obama supports “clean coal technology” as a stop-gap before beginning the transition to a new digital electricity grid , powered by an alternative , clean source ; not as a permamnent solution.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:33 pmAnd the same for Hillary ; what do you and McStupid propose ?
More profits for the oil companies , shithead ?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:34 pmVelshi’s going to hate himself in the morning. Never on the first date, dear…
April 28th, 2008 at 11:37 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
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Don’t try to derail the thread dbadass. The thread is about clean coal. Now please explain why you disagree with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on clean coal? (not to mention John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul, among others).
April 28th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Hey moron
You want to replace 1 finite energy source with another finite energy source as a permanent solution ?
What kind of a dipshit are you ?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:41 pmDerail? Are we each not a part of the problem and the solution simultaneously?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:44 pmSo tell me, VoR, which of these two stellar candidates do you intend to vote for in the general election: Obama or Clinton?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:47 pmWhat VofR does not grasp is that most people here are willing to criticize Democratic politicians when we feel they are wrong. So we feel free to criticize Obama or Clinton regarding their proposed energy policies (although we do it without deliberately distorting their positions). VofR feels that he scores points when he notes that a Democratic candidate supports something that any of us oppose, because he expects Progressives to be ideologically-driven lock steppers like his own brownshirt ilk, and defend our candidates no matter what. But that isn’t how things work for the intellectually honest, VofR, not that I expect you to grasp what I am telling you.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:51 pmBy pointing out that both Obama and Clinton support investment on “clean coal” technology -even if as a temporary measure, VOR has conclusively proven that… uh… oh… hmm…
What’s the topic of the thread again?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:57 pmWait, wait. I think ya’ll might have misinterpreted his comment. I think Velshi is being sarcastic. He’s saying; “The signs say coal is 99 percent clean…Yeah right! There’s no way it could be cleaner than me after a shower…”
Am I right?
April 29th, 2008 at 12:49 amWe, and others, will continue to burn coal indefinitely, so, it only makes sense to take every possible step to reduce emissions both here and abroad. The CO2 is only part of the problem. Some of the other “goodies” include: mercury, sulfur (Remember “acid rain”? It’s still falling.) and various radioactive elements. Even without “capping”, for carbon, we must reduce the other toxins both here and abroad. Then, of course, there are all the issues with mining and processing. These too must be modernized both here and abroad.
All of these issues will not be dealt with until MUCH stricter regulation is put in place. Much of the “Third World” looks to us for their cues. We need to catch up with Europe and become an example of responsibility.
We all know that won’t even begin, in this country, until the Republicriminals are sent packing. Short of torture they will never, effectively, regulate any part of the energy industry. They just don’t “do responsibility”. The self-proclaimed “adults” have proven to be greedy children, devoid of restraint.
Oh yeah. Mr. Velshi is apparently a major assnugget who would sell his mother for a buck. It’s obvious he’s willing to risk the health, and wellbeing, of his descendants.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:33 amOops! I forgot.
G’night good people.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:34 amYou too trolls.
Well, one positive aspect of coal (for America) is that we have a relative abudance of it.
I saw a recent report that Montana alone has enough coal to replace our imported oil requirements for 200 years.
Obviously, the problem is enviromental. Mining issues. CO2 emissions.
But, if you could make it clean, and enviromentally friendly, it could be an element of an energy policy that could ween us from dependance on foreign oil. That would be positive.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:56 amWonder if Velshi uses the same claim about coal being cleaner than he is after a shower as his byline on the internet dating sites? If so, wouldn’t the women, men or both who respond to such an ad be an interesting lot?
April 29th, 2008 at 3:04 amThis was probably poor Velshi’s way of admitting that he feels dirty after shilling for the coal industry. Lady Macbeth is supposed to have had a similar problem. “Out, damned spot! out, I say!”
April 29th, 2008 at 3:43 amHe’s right! Right-wing reporters can shower all they want but they will not be able to scrub the filth on them away.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:49 amMoney speaks, eloquently, doesn’t it?
April 29th, 2008 at 7:50 amHe gets to be a character in a nightmare sci-fi movie “to be determined” for that one.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:24 amVoice_of_Reason Says:
Now please explain why you disagree with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on clean coal? (not to mention John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul, among others).
April 28th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Because the candidates are misguided on these issues. It wouldn’t be the first time that I disagreed with Barack or Hillary on an issue and it won’t be the last.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:29 amLet me see, big the big money Coal wants us to believe that coal is clean and it impact will leave a small carbon footprint and low pollution,
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 9:58 amchris. the energy has to come from somewhere. What’s your idea?
April 29th, 2008 at 10:41 amOWWW! I can’t get that mental image out of my head!!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:50 amT. Boone Pickens is funding solar and wind farms to replace fossil fuel power plants. He’d rather use natural gas to power automobiles, while cleaning up the dirty and costly coal plants, and he’ll make a fortune doing it.
LINK
April 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm