The linen is boiled with soap and soda and then washed in hollow wheels, rinsed, partly dried by centrifugal machines, and for the rest in hot - air ovens, which carry off nearly three pounds of moisture per
pound of coal burnt, and is finally ironed between polished rollers, and then packed ready for return to Paris.»
Not exact matches
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.
The installation at the site
of the former Town
of Ulster landfill is expected to generate 2,360 MWh
of clean electricity each year, roughly equivalent to the electricity generated by
burning 2 million
pounds of coal or 4,000 barrels
of oil.
The 1.9 - megawatt array is anticipated to produce nearly 3 million kilowatt hours
of electricity annually, avoiding the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to
burning 2.4 million
pounds of coal or more than 5,000 barrels
of oil each year.
«To put it in perspective, that means 4 million
pounds of coal are not being
burned,» Hein said during a press conference at the array site, a former landfill.
The investigators found that —
pound for
pound — particles from
coal burning contribute about five times more to the risk
of death from heart disease than other air pollution particles
of the same size — less than one ten - thousandth
of an inch in diameter (known as PM 2.5).
Because
burning a
pound of coal generates ~ 3 lbs
of carbon dioxide!
A. For a single molecule
of CO2 released from the
burning of a
pound of carbon, say from
burning coal, the time required is 3 - 4 years.
A study by a leading apparel company concluded that one pair
of denim jeans produces 44
pounds of greenhouse gas emissions — equivalent to
burning over 21
pounds of coal.
Air pollution from Europe's 300 largest
coal power stations causes 22,300 premature deaths a year and costs companies and governments billions
of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days, says a major study
of the health impacts
of burning coal to generate electricity.
U.S.
coal peaked a few years ago in terms
of BTU (heat value) per
pound — meaning that we need to
burn more
coal for the same amount
of heat / electricity.
It takes a minute turn
burn a
pound of coal, a solar panel will work for 25 + years.
The United States
burns more than a billion tons
of coal each year — that's 20
pounds of coal for every person in the country, every day.
The World Bank is spending billions
of pounds subsidising new
coal - fired power stations in developing countries while acknowledging that
burning fossil fuels exposes the poor to catastrophic climate change.