Sentences with phrase «better than coal»

Pretty much anything is better than coal.

New coal plants are being built there, so if gas truly is better than coal despite fugitive emissions, then new gas has additional value.

Just like solar power is better than coal, but also more expensive.

I don't think biomass is better than coal.

Natural gas, going back to McKibben, might be better than coal in this context, but renewables would be even better — and the opportunity to develop them is there.

Gas is far better than coal (less CO2 / energy delivered, less other pollution), and it is interesting to see them promoting it versus coal with global warming arguments.

-LSB-...] methane is no better than coal because of the leakage of methane directly into the atmosphere from wells, pipelines, any where there is a joint or a transfer.

There is nothing on Earth any better than a coal mine for analyzing ancient ecosystems.

If the methane leakage rate is less than 3.6 %, then it is widely assumed that natural gas is better than coal.

Similarly6, if we invest in renewables, we also have to invest in the low efficiency OCGT which are only little better than coal.

And made it seem like it was green and way better than coal.

Many of the natural gas issue opponents acknowledge that natural gas is better than coal and oil, but feel we can get the gas from somewhere else.

Natural gas is better than coal, but that doesn't mean it's good enough.

On gas: several studies have argued that gas is no better than coal from a CO2 perspective, given methane leakage.

You say nothing will come along better than coal?

They eventually linked the mysterious pollution to a nearby natural - gas field, and their investigation has now produced the first hard evidence that the cleanest - burning fossil fuel might not be much better than coal when it comes to climate change.

Solar jobs do pay better than «average,» but not better than coal jobs.

Not exact matches

Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment.

South Korean cities in the province have fared better than their neighbors north of the DMZ, but they have struggled to diversify their economy beyond old coal mines, farming and fisheries.

That may sound silly, but it would be better than trying to dump a load of coal on the market on Christmas Eve.

But for those who oppose fracking, there is this: Burning the natural gas produced by fracking may be much better for the environment and public health, over the long run, than burning coal.

As well, he advises buying individual stocks rather than the one coal exchange - traded fund on the market.

«On rooftops from Arizona to New York, solar is saving Americans tens of millions of dollars a year on their energy bills, and employs more Americans than coal — in jobs that pay better than average.»

India's demand for coal has been mixed in recent years, with some years being better than others.

That's an astonishing 99.9 % decrease in value, and possibly exemplifies the decline of coal better than anything else.

The drop was somewhat surprising given that Teck more than quadrupled its adjusted earnings during the quarter, riding strong operating results for its steelmaking coal segment as well as record zinc production at its Antamina mine in Peru.

santa delivers more actual gifts than god but god has better threats than just coal.

Some nations were better poised than others to take advantage of innovation — England in particular, because it had a relatively open society with more scope for entrepreneurship; strong institutions of political liberty; a commitment to the scientific method exemplified by Newton; lots of seaports and colonies; a relative isolation that reduced the risk of invasion; and lots and lots of coal.

If you control the heat well, you shouldn't need more than 4 — 6 chimneyfuls of coals to cook the brisket (2 — 4 chimneyfuls if finishing brisket in the oven).

You're right — coal mining very well be worse for the environment than the creation of cement, but even if so, that doesn't mean that it's a cure - all.

Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club commented: «Mike Bloomberg's partnership with the Sierra Club and our more than 3 million members and supporters has put our country on a path to cleaner air and cleaner water, good - paying clean energy jobs, and healthier communities that are safe from toxic coal pollution».

Hope theRump is held accountable for all the coal jobs he created... what better way to keep folks down than send them underground to feed more soot into the air we breathe... while telling them they are just lucky to have any job.

«Certainly, the Task Force's recommendations are a better Holiday present than the lump of coal that was shoved in the stockings of students and educators this past spring when the Governor and the Majority doubled down on Common Core testing and the overemphasis on standardized testing for teacher evaluations.»

«Coal is good for air quality» as an advert, carries a lot more weight if it is endorsed by the World Health Organisation than if it's endorsed by a mining company.

But can anyone come up with a better term than «Coal - sceptic»?

In tests, however, the leaf - based devices turned out to be supercapacitors, much better at storing charge than similar capacitors made from coal.

Current federal efforts to revive the coal industry will likely do more harm than good to fragile Appalachian communities transitioning from coal as a major source of employment, according to a study conducted by Indiana University researchers.

Studies have suggested that leaks of methane during production from oil and gas wells are so high that the fuel may be no better for the climate than coal.

Currently, nuclear and wind energy (as well as clean coal) are between 25 and 75 percent more expensive than old - fashioned coal at current prices (not including all the hidden health and environmental costs of coal), and so it will take a stiff charge on coal to induce rapid replacement of obsolete plants.

But there's a good chance society will jump to the most abundant fuel around: Coal, which emits 25 to 50 percent more carbon dioxide per energy unit than petroleum, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

Even in a seemingly implausible accidental - release scenario in which all of a well's hydraulic fracturing fluid and untreated wastewater were discharged directly into surface waters for the lifetime of the well, shale - gas electricity had a lower lifetime human toxicity impact, or HTI, than coal electricity, according to the study.

The porous carbon performed better as conductive electrode material than conventional carbon sources, often heat - treated coconut shells, coal or wood.

Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.

«Seeing all these numbers together for the first time, the unescapable takeaway is that human impact on the vanadium cycle is greater than our well - publicized impacts on the movement of lead through the atmosphere or the release of mercury from coal,» he said.

But, Scientific American, among others, has argued that liquid coal could very well be worse than gasoline, both environmentally and economically.

Yet, even if every planned reactor in China was to be built, the country would still rely on burning coal for more than 50 percent of its electric power — and the Chinese nuclear reactors would provide at best roughly the same amount of energy to the developing nation as does the existing U.S. fleet.

With more than 70 percent of China's energy coming from coal, a power source that contributes heavily to air pollution and global warming, the nation's bad or good energy practices in buildings will be reflected in the color of the sky and the temperature of the Earth.

Although solar thermal collectors are better than photovoltaic panels or wind turbines at generating reliable power around the clock, solar thermal power is also expensive; at present energy costs, it would require government subsidies to compete with coal and natural gas, which can generate electricity much more cheaply.

«China's central and western regions are rich in coal, and their environmental capacity is better than the Beijing - Hebei - Tianjin region, so we are encouraging them to develop coal - to - gas and to replace coal burning in eastern regions.»