Sentences with phrase «as coal transport»

Coalminer's pneumoconiosis — Affects coal miners and some workers involved in associated industries such as coal transport and storage

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It was only with the construction of a national railway system in the middle decades of the 19th century, using coal rather than muscle as its source of mechanical energy, that transport could achieve advances to parallel those already long achieved in the branches of industry in which cheap and abundant heat energy was the key to rapid expansion.

Transport infrastructure constraints are primarily an issue for bulk commodities such as coal and metal ores; the volume of these commodities transported is large compared with processed minerals, and strong growth in recent years has stretched existing transport Transport infrastructure constraints are primarily an issue for bulk commodities such as coal and metal ores; the volume of these commodities transported is large compared with processed minerals, and strong growth in recent years has stretched existing transport transport capacity.

It measures cargo rates for transporting dry goods such as coal or lumber.

Pressure from the coal lobby and energy - intensive industries, such as transport and mineral processing, pose a real political obstacle.

This really large brown coal mine works as an open cut mine and the commodity is transported daily to Port Augusta by rail twice a day and is solely used for producing electricity.

A small town until the 19th century, it became a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of the industry in the area, which led to its status as a major city today.

Imagine a man or woman being so arrogant, and selfish, that they'd take a job driving a CO2 belching truck, or dig for coal in a mine, or fish for salmon in the ocean, or fly a CO2 belching airliner, or flip beef patties that came from CH4 exhausting cows, or teaching a classroom of students all of whom belch CO2 and exhaust CH4 and whom will have offspring that produces even more of those evil gases, or working as a climate scientist in an office heated by CO2 belching FFs and occasionally traveling around the world by CO2 belching airliner — all the while using computers made from FFs and powered by CO2 belching FF power plants, or working as a Senator from Tennessee who was President of the USA for a few hours and who travels all over the world in CO2 belching airliners, or one of the millions of people who mine, process, manufacture and transport every product you have ever seen in your life and all the ones you haven't seen as well.

Due to the high cost of capturing, transporting, and sequestering carbon dioxide, EPA expects that any new coal fired power plants built in the foreseeable future will defray the costs of CCS by selling its carbon dioxide to oil companies, which can use the gas to help extract oil by displacing liquid fuels deep underground, in a process known as CO2 enhanced oil recovery (or CO2 - EOR).

There is great concern that the mine will pose a huge environmental threat to the Great Barrier Reef, as the coal will need to be transported to a port terminal for export.

As important as the Northeast Passage may become for transporting oil, gas, coal and ore, it is unlikely to significantly affect container shipping, in which on - time delivery is criticaAs important as the Northeast Passage may become for transporting oil, gas, coal and ore, it is unlikely to significantly affect container shipping, in which on - time delivery is criticaas the Northeast Passage may become for transporting oil, gas, coal and ore, it is unlikely to significantly affect container shipping, in which on - time delivery is critical.

Insofar as coal or gas have to be imported or transported over long distances, it pushes the price of power up higher than clean alternatives.

But to capture from the air the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by, say, a 1,000 - megawatt coal power plant, it would require air - sucking machinery about 30 feet in height and 18 miles in length, according to a study by the American Physical Society, as well as huge collection facilities and a network of equipment to transport and store the waste underground.

McDuffie Coal Terminal on the south end of the Port of Mobile, supplied by coal from from as far away as Wyoming — most of which is transported by rCoal Terminal on the south end of the Port of Mobile, supplied by coal from from as far away as Wyoming — most of which is transported by rcoal from from as far away as Wyoming — most of which is transported by rail.

Communities bisected by rail, such as Missoula, MT or Marysville, WA face tremendous delays that disrupt daily life as a result of the quantity of trains needed to transport millions of tons of coal.

«While Member States, such as the UK and Germany, are already setting renewable energy targets for 2020, the discussion at European level is being stalled by the coal and nuclear lobbies within the Transport and Environment Directorate General.

Instead of doing this, why don't we simply fix the broken permit process for new nuclear plants and give modest tax incentives to industries or individuals that implement «no regrets» initiatives to reduce CO2, such as: — replace new coal - fired power plants with nuclear or natural gas (where a gas supply exists)-- replace newnormal automobiles with hybrids — replace Diesel for new heavy transport with natural gas — install energy savings initiatives (waste recycling, better building insulation, etc..)

Hydrogen and other coal gases can be used to fuel power - generating turbines, or as the chemical building blocks for a wide range of commercial products, including diesel and other transport fuels.

The restrictions only apply to coal plants, so export credit agencies are free to finance as many projects that relate to the mining, transport and export of coal, as well as other related infrastructure projects.

13 Fossil Fuels: Historical Development Fossil Fuels: Historical Development Coal: ~ 1000 BC: China 18th Century: Industrial Revolution Textile manufacturing machines (spinning jenny) Steam engine Iron and steel manufacturing As industry spread, rate of energy usage increased Industry tended to build in areas where fossil fuel supplies were already in abundance Infrastructure was developed / improved for transporting fossil fuels (i.e. coal) and the products made by induCoal: ~ 1000 BC: China 18th Century: Industrial Revolution Textile manufacturing machines (spinning jenny) Steam engine Iron and steel manufacturing As industry spread, rate of energy usage increased Industry tended to build in areas where fossil fuel supplies were already in abundance Infrastructure was developed / improved for transporting fossil fuels (i.e. coal) and the products made by inducoal) and the products made by industry

As the Northwest and the rest of the world are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change from more frequent and extreme droughts, wildfires, and flooding, proposed coal export and oil transport infrastructure in the region would lock - in for decades huge amount more carbon pollution.

China joined South Africa as the only countries with a working coal - to - liquids plant designed to turn abundant domestic coal into liquid transport fuel, Bloomberg notes.

That is a no regrets approach — especially if building nuclear power plants can be made as cheap or cheaper than mining coal and transporting it to the plants to burn it (or oil or natural gas).

Alongside its vital role in electricity generation, coal is crucial for building modern infrastructure such as transport systems and high - rise...

There is also safety and performance factors which have an influence on the possible routes and duration of the transport such as cooling of the coal whilst laying in the sun to prevent ignition, once the coal is on a conveyer the conveyer can not stop — also to prevent heating in the sun, etc..