Not exact matches
Although there have been a few demonstrations that it is possible to store
relatively small amounts of CO2 deep below the ground — largely to push
more oil and
natural gas to the surface — there is no commercial - scale power plant that both captures and stores greenhouse
gases, Moniz adds.
The
relatively low growth is linked to both the adoption of
more fuel - efficient vehicles and the replacement of coal - powered electricity with renewable energy sources and
relatively cleaner - burning
natural gas.
Natural gas also plays a growing role due to lower natural gas prices and relatively low capital construction costs that make it more attractive tha
Natural gas also plays a growing role due to lower
natural gas prices and relatively low capital construction costs that make it more attractive tha
natural gas prices and
relatively low capital construction costs that make it
more attractive than coal.
On the question of hurricanes, the theoretical arguments that
more energy and water vapor in the atmosphere should lead to stronger storms are really sound (after all, storm intensity increases going from pole toward equator), but determining precisely how human influences (so including GHGs [greenhouse
gases] and aerosols, and land cover change) should be changing hurricanes in a system where there are
natural external (solar and volcanoes) and internal (e.g., ENSO, NAO [El Nino - Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation]-RRB- influences is quite problematic — our climate models are just not good enough yet to carry out the types of sensitivity tests that have been done using limited area hurricane models run for
relatively short times.
These requirements could make our products
more expensive, lengthen project implementation times, and reduce demand for hydrocarbons, as well as shift hydrocarbon demand toward
relatively lower - carbon sources such as
natural gas.
According to the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, wind power has «
relatively little economic value» and because of its intermittent nature it needs back - up from
natural gas, which means
more fossil fuel use for power, not less.
If, however, coal with CCS has to compete with
gas with CCS then the situation is
more balanced, particularly in markets such as China where the capital costs for coal power plants and coal prices are
relatively low compared to
natural gas.
21 Fossil Fuels:
Natural Gas Fossil Fuels: Natural Gas Formed at the same time as oil At higher temperatures, relatively more gas is formed than oil... at lower temps, more oil than gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its natural form... power companies add odor in order to detec
Natural Gas Fossil Fuels: Natural Gas Formed at the same time as oil At higher temperatures, relatively more gas is formed than oil... at lower temps, more oil than gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its natural form... power companies add odor in order to detect le
Gas Fossil Fuels:
Natural Gas Formed at the same time as oil At higher temperatures, relatively more gas is formed than oil... at lower temps, more oil than gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its natural form... power companies add odor in order to detec
Natural Gas Formed at the same time as oil At higher temperatures, relatively more gas is formed than oil... at lower temps, more oil than gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its natural form... power companies add odor in order to detect le
Gas Formed at the same time as oil At higher temperatures,
relatively more gas is formed than oil... at lower temps, more oil than gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its natural form... power companies add odor in order to detect le
gas is formed than oil... at lower temps,
more oil than
gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its natural form... power companies add odor in order to detect le
gas is formed Typically gets trapped above the layer of oil and below the cap rock when there is a «fold» in the Earth's rock layers Cleaner burning than coal or oil Colorless, odorless in its
natural form... power companies add odor in order to detec
natural form... power companies add odor in order to detect leaks
The
relatively low price of
natural gas gives U.S. manufacturers an advantage over competitors in other parts of the world that rely on a
more expensive oil - based feedstock.
Substituting in
natural gas, wind, and solar for coal is a (
relatively) manageable task, and the transition is aided by the fact that 1) renewables keep getting cheaper, 2) new technologies and policies are facilitating
more flexible grids, and 3) electricity demand in the United States has stagnated for years, thanks to improvements in energy efficiency.