Sentences with phrase «far more coal»

Although China burns far more coal than it did 40 years ago.

She went Green as that vision was running out of steam, in spite of its success (and she closed far more coal mines than any environmental protest could wish for).

Further more coal will be used.

Not exact matches

Market equilibrium for the U.S. coal industry will require further industry consolidation and more mine closures according to the group.

That will help to stave off further power plant changeovers, and will enable more coal mines to operate profitably.

«As the Alberta Electricity System Operator has noted, coal - fired power with carbon capture and storage is a far more expensive option to reduce carbon pollution compared to using natural gas, wind, solar and hydro power.

would be to check on the degree to which these dynamics are behind the dive in coal prices far more so than market - driven forces.

A pound of dioxin from chlorine bleaching in a pulp mill is far more dangerous than a pound of sulfur dioxide from a coal - burning power plant that runs a washing machine.

I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.

With consumption growing, oil supplies tight, and the world in a warming trend, the search is on for better energy sources — clean coal, safe nuclear reactors, and more far - reaching ideas like artificial photosynthesis.

Further steps could include pushing for more renewable energy; an aggressive cut in the use of coal and natural gas to make electricity; wider use of electric cars, biofuel, and hydrogen fuel; changes in farming practices; and putting a price on carbon pollution.

Natural gas might still have an advantage over coal when burned to create electricity, because gas - fired power plants tend to be newer and far more efficient than older facilities that provide the bulk of the country's coal - fired generation.

That slurry is made far more toxic by the heavy metals and other dangerous elements leached from the coal itself.

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1) That «clean» coal technology is currently far more expensive than existing renewable energy alternatives — solar and wind.

It says nothing about people rushing to stoke the engine with more and more coal, or how much actual coal is added (thus the actual range of speeds to expect), or the possibility of a precipice with bridge out up ahead (runaway GW), how dangerous that might be at various speeds, entailing greater or less number of deaths, or how far or close that precipice is, which we don't know either (except we have some fossil evidence of train wrecks in which 90 % of life died, so we know it could be bad).

China is building far more such plants because they recognize that coal is essential to power a healthy economy and the new generation of coal plants offer great environmental advantage.

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Given that California is a best - case scenario * compared to other states (and, of course, countries) far more dependent on coal, Long's piece and the underlying report pose a strong challenge to those calling for a «deploy, deploy, deploy» approach to cutting climate risks.

Well, coal burning has released more radiation into the environment by far than nuclear has.

The modeling study is far more a thought experiment than a prediction, given that, even in China, there is every indication that the world's coal, particularly, will not all be exploited.

Dr. Hansen has said for years that growing reliance on coal, far more so than oil, is the biggest threat to the global climate.

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Solar employs far more people per dollar spent and per MWh generated than coal.

Natural gas is said to emit only half as much CO2 as coal; but recent research suggests that natural gas drilling produces far more methane than had previously been thought, and methane is an extremely potent and dangerous greenhouse gas.

The problems with coal are far more likely to be experienced than radiation.

In a video released along with the announcement, Bloomberg Philanthropies reported that the Beyond Coal campaign had surpassed that goal and more than 185 coal - powered plants had been shut down or shifted to cleaner energy so Coal campaign had surpassed that goal and more than 185 coal - powered plants had been shut down or shifted to cleaner energy so coal - powered plants had been shut down or shifted to cleaner energy so far.

One reason is that Arizona utilities make far more money running old, polluting coal plants that generate electricity for around 3 cents / kWh, than risking a loss of sales to solar energy.

Except there's a huge catch: The coal - to - gas (CTG) plants themselves are highly energy - intensive and can create far more CO2 overall than coal alone.

Just growing corn and preserving it in a salt mine forever whilst making gasoline from coal or natural gas will even capture far more carbon than using it for ethanol does.

It is important to take into consideration that the occasional scattering of wind turbines is a lot more aesthetically pleasing than coal - fired power stations, by far.

And, perhaps there will be paths for Coal - To - Liquids that will do «for» this country far more than what they will do «to» it.

Further reinforcing the urgency of phasing out coal are the more extreme weather events that climate scientists have been warning about for decades.

To increase supplies, most companies are looking to tar sands in Canada or converting coal or natural gas into liquid fuels, technologies that emit far more carbon dioxide than conventional oil does.

It is far from clear whether Trump can do much more for coal than remove most or even all the climate - related regulations discouraging the use of coal, and this may not have a huge effect since to date the major adverse effects of the «war on coal» on raising electricity prices have not yet occurred because of the Supreme Court's stay on the so - called Clean Power Plan.

Many environmental activists note that these «clean coal» technologies are only marginally more efficient and far more expensive.

«The DLP will push for the retention of our cheap, clean and efficient coal fired power stations and look to a more transitional model of using coal gasification and other clean coal technologies that would be far less costly to the taxpayer, while producing a secure and solid baseline for our grid.»

More dramatically, fear of radiation led to extraordinary safety requirements for nuclear power plants, far in excess of controls imposed on other high - risk industrial facilities, which made nuclear power less cost - competitive and led to more reliance on cMore dramatically, fear of radiation led to extraordinary safety requirements for nuclear power plants, far in excess of controls imposed on other high - risk industrial facilities, which made nuclear power less cost - competitive and led to more reliance on cmore reliance on coal.

There is still time for the World Bank to do the right thing and halt this dirty coal project as well as further WBG support of coal development more generally.

This momentous switch from coal to lower - CO2 gas as a source of energy has done far more to drive down carbon dioxide emissions than any recent government climate policy,» he writes.

logically, australia is NOT decreasing (but is actually hugely increasing) its CO2 emissions precisely because it is sending far more CO2 emissions to china with our coal exports than what we claim we will reduce (but probably won't) at home.

This is only one step along the way from mine to market — coal trains derail far more often than you might think (in North Dakota, Michigan, and Nebraska, just this past month), loaded barges crash into bridges (just this week), terminals flood when severe storms come through, and ships even crash into the loading docks.

One reason that wind energy has lagged so far behind is the perception is that wind farms are more expensive to build and operate than coal fired power plants - a notion that Jacobson and Masters dispute.

Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and France together burned 16 % more coal in 2013 than 2009 and are planning to further increase construction of coal - fired power stations.

Obama: I have always been in favor of an «all of the above» climate policy, including a carbon price with cap and trade, crippling EPA regulatory restrictions on the coal plus oil and gas industries, fewer incentives for exploratory drilling, no further drilling on government lands, no Keystone pipeline, more taxes on the rich, etc..

Business as usual production could be far higher if a climate change bill is passed which would make coal more expensive.

It details how much carbon dioxide countries have spewed in the atmosphere from burning coal, oil and natural gas so far, and how much more they can «spend» before crossing the 2 - degree threshold.

Electricity is bought and sold in a «free» market, as far as any are in fact totally «free» — the price of electricity is linked to that of gas and oil and coal and carbon, and it is also driven by supply and demand — it gets dearer in the cold weather when we use more (generally speaking).

We know the world has warmed and cooled in the past, sometimes far more dramatically than any oscillations in recent history and all that without a coal - fired power station or SUV in evidence.

As has been pointed out across the wider debate, coal mining in some parts of the world is a far more dangerous enterprise than in others.