Environmentally Impressive Or ??

[blackpup]

Browsing around I found this article on Instapundit.

Environmentally hazardous coal waste diminished by citric acid

In one of nature's unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from coal ash, reducing the amount of ash without damaging the environment and at the same time increasing an important national resource.

phys.org

Might be an answer to a certain countries rare earth domination

 

[Pilgrim]

Wonder if TVA is aware of this process? Being a notoriously inefficient govt agency, probably not. The Kingston, TN area is still recovering from the massive coal ash spill (>1 Billion gal.) that occurred in 2008. There are still about 1400 coal ash dumps in the US.

Neglected threat: Kingston’s toxic ash spill shows the other dark side of coal

Workers who cleaned up a huge spill from a coal ash pond in Tennessee in 2008 are still suffering—and dying. The U.S. has 1,400 ash dumps.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[blackpup]

Wonder if TVA is aware of this process? Being a notoriously inefficient govt agency, probably not. The Kingston, TN area is still recovering from the massive coal ash spill (>1 Billion gal.) that occurred in 2008. There are still about 1400 coal ash dumps in the US.

Neglected threat: Kingston’s toxic ash spill shows the other dark side of coal

Workers who cleaned up a huge spill from a coal ash pond in Tennessee in 2008 are still suffering—and dying. The U.S. has 1,400 ash dumps.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Yeah I thought about spill when I posted. Wondering if this process works could I invest in coal ash holding pits