[16][17] To see the full list of sites,
see Coal waste.
Not exact matches
First identified by William Jevons in 1865 — when he noticed more efficient engines increased rather than reduced
coal use, as engines were put into more widespread use — the rebound effect for higher yields could
see food prices drop, encouraging greater consumption, more food
waste and even more conversion of habitats to farmland.
«Investors in carbon - intensive business could
see $ 6 trillion
wasted as policies limiting global warming stop them from exploiting their
coal, oil and gas reserves, according to a report.
There is increasing awareness of the opportunities to reprocess power station
waste into valuable materials for use primarily in the construction and civil engineering industry (
see coal combustion products).
To
see a listing of
coal waste sites in a particular state, click on the map:
To
see a nationwide list of over 350
coal waste sites in the United States, click here.
When we talk about «proof» we're not talking about smoke and mirrors «modelling» based on long - term average wind farm output — which ignores the extra gas and
coal being burnt (and
wasted) in order to balance the grid to account for wild fluctuations in wind power output (
see our post here); and to maintain additional «spinning reserve» (
see our post here) to account for complete collapses in wind power output — as
seen in this post.
(Check out our map to
see if there's a
coal ash
waste site near you).
In Oakwood, Illinois, one neighborhood is
seeing more than its share of polluted
coal waste deposited within its borders.
Coal is a much more mature technology, and any improvements are more incremental and hence will not lead to larger cost savings, although tech improvements for various streams ie
waste will be improved and you will only
see small improvements.