But these rewards must be carefully weighed against the risks of natural gas as the electricity sector's new
primary fuel of choice.
Steven Chu, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, has no illusions about what it will take to dislodge oil as the world's
transportation fuel of choice (see Top Stories of 2010 # 25: «Steven Chu Brings Much - Needed Science to Energy Policy»).
Coal is the
traditional fuel of choice for firing electrical generation power plants because it is plentiful and cheap, nine out of every ten tons of coal mined are use to generate electricity The direct and indirect costs of resultant pollution problems have been avoided with the environmental costs redirected to the society as a whole and not factored into the use of fossil fuels.
Natural gas has been the primary
fuel of choice in recent years, but shifting to an electricity system dependent on coal and natural gas does not alleviate the myriad risks — to the environment, economy, or public health — posed by coal alone.
As the Washington Post reported, natural gas is overtaking coal as the fossil
fuel of choice for electricity generation — the report forecasts that by 2019, coal will provide 28 % of US electricity, whereas natural gas will make up 34 %.
Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as
the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.
In the past century,
the fuel of choice has been petroleum.
Maybe in a modern day «Popeye the Sailor Man» cartoon, quinoa would be
his fuel of choice!
But by 1900, production had reached 60 million barrels annually as world markets replaced wood and whale oil with petroleum and coal as
the fuels of choice.
Every year, countries spend about a trillion dollars on energy infrastructure, and right now coal is still
the fuel of choice.
«We're revisiting a century ago, all over again,» he says, referring to the time before gasoline became
the fuel of choice and alternative fuel vehicles — from electric to biofuel — abounded.
However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as
the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.
The report by the Mumbai - based Conservation Action Trust is the first comprehensive examination of the link between fine particle pollution and health problems in India, where coal is
the fuel of choice and energy demands are skyrocketing.
Surprisingly enough, however, fat is
the fuel of choice when the body is in the oxidative state experienced during endurance exercise.
Instead, scarcely available glucose is replaced with widely available fats as
the fuel of choice.
Our test car burned
the fuel of choice for many European buyers: diesel.
But oil remains
the fuel of choice for many serious work vehicles, and this Dodge is one of them.
Given the fact that the auto industry, as such, is heading towards going electric in the next decade, it looks like petrol is soon becoming
the fuel of choice for consumers globally.
EPIC worked with ALMS officials to make E85
the fuel of choice for the series.
The engine has been engineered to make the most out of
its fuel of choice, maximizing low end torque, and squeezing as many miles as possible out of each gallon.
Diesel is
the fuel of choice for the vast majority of Ford Mondeo buyers because it suits the car's motorway - cruising nature.
Coming to the diesel and more likely
the fuel of choice for a majority of the buying junta, Renault offers its 1.5 - litre dCi unit in two sets of tunes.
And after the first crank of the key, you'll be in no doubt as to this Canyon's
fuel of choice.
In emerging markets, where the great majority of the world's populace resides, coal is
the fuel of choice.
While carbohydrates are
the fuel of choice for your dog's body, protein provides the raw materials necessary to make every structure in your dog's body.
It also has a huge potential market, given that charcoal in African cities —
the fuel of choice for hundreds of millions of people there — is often more expensive than gas.
It is worth noting that power plant CO2 emissions already dropped by about 15 % from 2005 to2012, largely, because of market forces which favor less - CO2 - emitting natural gas over coal as
the fuel of choice for producing electricity.
Gas use is projected to double by 2030, largely because it will be
the fuel of choice for electric power generation.
Diesel is
the fuel of choice for standby gensets.
As a power company operating in a region where coal remains to be
the fuel of choice for electricity generation, CLP's challenge is to meet the rising demand for energy without a corresponding rise in carbon emissions.
Hydrogen is
the fuel of choice for the fuel cell engines that automakers worldwide are working on and, if push comes to shove on the climate front, cars with gasoline - burning internal combustion engines can be converted to hydrogen.
In fact, even in the heart of «renewable - friendly» Europe, coal is and most likely will continue to be
a fuel of choice.
Coal will continue as a critical enabler of development and will continue as
the fuel of choice for the rapidly urbanising and industrialising economies of this diverse continent.
«The question will be what will be
the fuel of choice.»
At last month's ASEAN energy ministers» meeting in Manila, representatives from across the region confirmed that coal and, more specifically, high efficiency coal, is
the fuel of choice for...
Coal is
the fuel of choice for 44 % of electricity generation, while natural gas accounts for a quarter.
Oil was the transport fuel of military submarines for decades but uranium is now
their fuel of choice.
Hydrogen is
the fuel of choice for the new, highly efficient, fuel cell engine that every major automobile manufacturer is now working on.
«New York is the fourth largest consumer of clean burning, affordable natural gas in the country, which is
the fuel of choice for over 4.4 million New York homes, 398,000 businesses and 6,000 industrial consumers.