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farmgirl68
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katie
Bangor
Pennsylvania
USA
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 Posted - Jul 14 2017 : 4:02:55 PM
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So I finished up my beginner level of Green Energy today and thought I'd share some of what I found. I say some, because I tend to write a full length report for everything (can't take the teacher out of me!)
Our energy provider is Met-Ed.
I was surprised to find that it was made up of more than one source. The largest, coal, is what I assumed the generation would be. I was very pleased to find out that it our electric company is one of the region’s largest wind power providers.
I also learned that a byproduct of coal is calcium sulfite. One of our major coal mines in Pennsylvania developed a process to eliminate the need for this to be dumped in the landfill. They convert the calcium sulfite into gypsum which is then use by a nearby factory to make drywall. To me this is a good solution to a bad problem!
Here are snapshots of a comparison table I did of the major methods of energy production. I found the website http://energy4me.org/all-about-energy/ to be an excellent source of information!
   
Sorry for the quality of the picture in the "cons" column. My table didn't transfer to a JPEG too well.
Katie #7422
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