Coal fired power stations appear to be making huge profits from Australia's new carbon tax, while passing costs to consumers
Not exact matches
Stern said that electricity from
coal -
fired power stations only
appeared cheaper because the costs of air pollution and climate change were not included.
The measures announced by Obama, including vehicle emissions standards and restrictions on
coal -
fired power stations appear set to achieve further substantial reductions, again while yielding net economic benefits.
However, most
coal -
fired power stations have efficient precipitators and some have sulfur - capture technologies, so the net environmental effect of 10 % biomass substitution (on an energy basis)
appears to be negligible.