The new advanced technology wood stoves, fireplaces and furnaces that are certified low emission by the US Environmental Protection Agency can burn with no visible smoke and ninety per
cent less pollution than appliances of thirty years ago.
· Electricity generated from renewable sources causes 70 - 90 per
cent less pollution harmful to ecosystems and human health than coal power.
Not exact matches
The draft says their cooling effect is 40 per
cent less than thought in 2007, suggesting this side effect of air
pollution has been overstated.
The draft says their cooling effect is 40 per
cent less than thought in 2007, suggesting this positive side effect of air
pollution has been overstated.
With an estimated social cost of carbon — a damage estimate of global warming
pollution — of $ 65 (far
less than other estimates), the GED for coal - fired generators is 4.7
cents / kWh.
In a recent study, it was estimated that the share of patents for renewable energy technologies accounted for
less than 0.5 per
cent of all technology patents in the OECD countries (far smaller than the share for information technologies, biotech or nano - technologies, and smaller than nuclear and car
pollution control).
The average price of offsets is currently an unimpressive 21
cents — 200 times
less than the social cost of carbon
pollution.
It would have slashed climate - warming
pollution by 80 percent by 2050, at a cost to consumers of
less than 40
cents a day.