This evening at 8pm KET's public affairs program, Kentucky Tonight, will be hosting a panel discussion on issues surrounding coal-to-liquid.  The panel will be composed of:

Bill Caylor, president of the Kentucky Coal Association

Jim Mayer, acting director of American Energy Security, an initiative of the Southern States Energy Board

Rick Clewett, co-chair of the Bluegrass Sierra Club conservation committee

Tom FitzGerald, director of the Kentucky Resources Council

We are encouraging members and allies to email or call into the show to make sure all the issues surrounding this boondoggle are discussed.  Some suggested topics of discussion might include:

• The economic feasibility of CTL technology and why private companies need state funds to build these plants.
• The increased destruction of the Appalachian mountains to provide the coal for this "alternative" energy source.
• CTL diesel fuel producing twice the amount carbon dioxide as petroleum based diesel fuel.

Visit our coal-to-liquid pages and check out our two CTL fact sheets (#1 and #2) for more information on the issue.

Update:

The video for the episode is now available online.  Be sure to listen for KFTC member Carl Shoupe calling out Kentucky Coal Association president Bill Caylor for disrespecting a coal miner's daughter.