He has used strong words and imagery before to drive home points, including comparing cordons
of coal cars heading to power plants to the death trains of the Holocaust (because of the mass extinctions foreseen by many biologists should warming go unabated).
The largest, Manufacturing, accounts for about 70 % of revenues and produces most types of railcars, with the notable exception
of coal cars.
The reason orders should be headed upwards include, a decreasing number
of coal cars in storage, many new utilities coming online, increased coal car loadings and increased domestic and international demand.
Not exact matches
So while the impact on Climate Change
of the electric
car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative
of a world powered by
coal and oil is — particularly for the populations
of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.
Indeed, notwithstanding Ontario's emphasis on green initiatives — fuel - efficient
car production, wind power, the closing
of coal - fired generating stations — climate change is the great battle
of the present and future, one that neither Ontario nor any other jurisdiction is doing enough to fight.
They report that in 2011, Alberta
coal power plants produced over 40 megatonnes
of CO2: «the same amount produced by roughly half
of all
cars on the road in Canada today.»
Beijing's new war on pollution will see carbon - belching
coal plants shuttered and millions
of cars taken off the road.
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FCA had its IPO in early 05 at $ 19 per share and in 06 the stock was at $ 78 at the peak
of the secular boom in
coal car orders.
Coal cars will need to continue to travel longer distances to eastern ports as the mining of coal deposits in the Appalachian region declines and the activity in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana increa
Coal cars will need to continue to travel longer distances to eastern ports as the mining
of coal deposits in the Appalachian region declines and the activity in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana increa
coal deposits in the Appalachian region declines and the activity in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana increases.
FCA's 80 % plus market share in the North American
coal car market is protected by high switching costs and 100 plus years
of market share and technological dominance.
Think
of it another way, in the last 7 year cycle FCA had an average FCF
of $ 36 million a year, and now FCA is expanding into different rail
cars types and the refurbishment / rebuilt market, more gigawatts
of coal fired power plant capacity will begin construction in 09 then was build in the last 7 years and FCA has $ 162 million in cash from the 05 IPO.
Coal cars will need to travel longer distances to eastern ports as the mining of coal deposits in the Appalachian region declines and the activity in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana increa
Coal cars will need to travel longer distances to eastern ports as the mining
of coal deposits in the Appalachian region declines and the activity in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana increa
coal deposits in the Appalachian region declines and the activity in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana increases.
In addition to the positive fundamentals for
coal and the likely pickup in orders come 09, FCA is also diversifying its operations by developing non
coal rail
cars and an active exploration
of international opportunities.
Youths pack the
coal into sacks and carry it out
of the mine on their backs, or to a small cable
car for the trip upward.
He is also a
coal - mine operator, a
car dealer, a political campaign manager, a hardware - store proprietor, an agent for the Fabulous Harlem Magicians and a promoter
of scores
of entertainers from Lawrence Welk to The Supremes.
The train is comprised
of a locomotive,
coal car, three wagons, and a caboose all
of which can seat both young and old alike.
Yes, back to the days
of full employment, 75 % unionised work forces, and mass employment in
cars, shipbuilding, steel and
coal — not forgetting the clothing industry.
As a result, the ubiquitous barges plying the river no longer need human muscle to beat the flow and can carry more than three times as much weight — from 3,000 tons per ship to 10,000 tons
of coal,
cars and other goods.
Such a carbon tax could help keep
coal, oil and natural gas safely in the ground in favor
of alternatives like electric
cars and cleaner power plants.
There are great mounds
of imported
coal being loaded onto rail
cars for shipment to a local power station to be burned and release thousands
of tons
of climate - changing carbon into the atmosphere.
Reducing the amount
of fossil fuels (such as gasoline for
cars and
coal burned for electricity) that we use can help slow how quickly the ice is melting (by slowing the rise in average temperatures).
Some analysts expect that existing grid capacity may be enough to power U.S. electric
cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility
of new
coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed
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.
With more money for development
of novel designs and public financial support for construction — perhaps as part
of a clean energy portfolio standard that lumps in all low - carbon energy sources, not just renewables or a carbon tax — nuclear could be one
of the pillars
of a three - pronged approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions: using less energy to do more (or energy efficiency), low - carbon power, and electric
cars (as long as they are charged with electricity from clean sources, not
coal burning).
A host
of factors determine the role
of electric and hybrid
cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether
coal is their ultimate fuel source.
BEIJING (Reuters)- Automakers» latest projections for rapid growth
of China's green
car market have added to concerns
of worsening smog as the uptake
of electric vehicles powered by
coal - fired grids races ahead
of a switch to cleaner energy.
The results might not have immediate repercussions — nitrogen trifluoride currently adds 0.04 percent
of the global warming effect created by carbon dioxide emitted from sources such as
coal - burning power plants and
cars.
But rather than searching for ways to stretch the oil we still have — like a modern Hanukkah — it makes more sense to accelerate development
of clean alternatives such as electric
cars or biofuels from algae — and avoid dirty ones like turning
coal or tar sands to liquid fuels.
«The president is opposed to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, opposing a mandatory 10 -[mile - per - gallon] increase in
cars and trucks, opposing a national renewable electricity standard, opposing state efforts to cut emissions from
cars, and pushing for new sources
of dangerous pollution from liquid
coal,» said Rep. Ed Markey (D — Mass.), chairman
of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, in a statement released after the speech.
But in the Midwest and South, where
coal fuels the bulk
of electricity generation, a hybrid produces less CO2 than an electric
car.
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of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard
of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid
cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes
coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts
of American Power Act, 5/11/10.
Increases in
coal burning and
car emissions are major sources
of pollution in China and other Asian countries.
Because economic growth continues to boost the demand for energy — more
coal for powering new factories, more oil for fueling new
cars, more natural gas for heating new homes — carbon emissions will keep climbing despite the introduction
of more energy - efficient vehicles, buildings and appliances.
Burning fossil fuels through
cars and
coal plants is exacerbating the presence
of ground - level ozone gas in the air we breathe.
GM's turbine program continued into the 1980s, with one
of their last visible projects being a 1979 Cadillac Eldorado turbine
car that ran on
coal dust.
Currently, the vast majority
of electricity used to charge
cars comes from
coal - fired power stations, which inherently involves masses
of carbon emissions.
Unlike «normal» electric or hybrid
cars, a fuel - cell vehicle never causes a drop
of oil or lump
of coal to be burned on its behalf.
The reason is that there are two plants and some
coal mines here, and,
of course, the
cars are uncountable!
If / when oil gets over $ 100 / barrel and stays there, a combination
of coal, nuclear, solar and wind will be used to generate electricity, and electric
cars will become more common.
Chongqing is a major industrial city; there are several motorcycles and
car factories here as well as chemical, steel,
coal, textile,... Chongqing occupies a vast area (470 km wide at its widest) and all you see are hundreds
of skyscrapers on every hill you can see through the fog.
You can almost see as a vestige
of train trestle and this is kind
of a strange like a
coal car or something and you can see that he's transitioning into his more kind
of iconic black and white works.
Here are people, landscapes, and odd little moments in and around Eggleston's hometown
of Memphis — an anonymous woman in a loudly patterned dress and cat's eye glasses sitting, left leg slightly raised, on an equally loud outdoor sofa; a
coal - fired barbecue shooting up flames, framed by a shiny silver tricycle, the curves
of a gleaming black
car fender, and someone's torso; a tiny, gray - haired lady in a faded, flowered housecoat, standing expectant, and dwarfed in the huge dark doorway
of a mint - green room whose only visible furniture is a shaded lamp on an end table.
Whether the discussion turns to replacing
coal - fired power plants with wind turbines and using electric
cars instead
of gas - driven SUVs, converting industrial agricultural practices to organic permaculture, or reversing the decline
of ocean life though international regulations, it is an article
of faith in the reform movement that we know what we need to do and all that's lacking is a sufficiently visionary leader to put more planet - friendly solutions in place.
Sea salt comes from sea spray over the oceans, dust from dry desert areas, black carbon from burning
of forests and fossil fuels, sulphates derive from ocean plankton and burning
coal, nitrates derive from fertiliser use,
car exhausts and lightning, and secondary organics come from the stew
of volatile organic compounds from industrial and natural sources alike.
A president who easily folds to «oil,
coal, and
car companies» isn't the kind
of leader anyone wants.
Electric
cars are particularly clean in Quebec because close to 100 %
of the province's electricity comes from hydro (while big hydro isn't perfect, it beats
coal for sure...).
If half population
of chinese drive
coal to liquid
cars is 700 million.
But a
coal car crushed the life from me In the darkness
of that mine, In the darkness
of that mine.