. . "It consumes 9 to 12,000 tons of coal a day to supply electricity to 300,000 homes (that???s 80 pounds of coal per home per day), and emits about 750,000 tons of CO2 per year to do that???that???s two and a half tons of CO2 per household, anda total of about 23,500 tons of sulfur dioxide, as well as large quantities of mercury, lead and other heavy metals and radioactive elements." . .