Sentences with phrase «using more coal»

Neilio, I'm with you on this.I just love the way you stand up to that guy's strange arguments.I too am extremely concerned at the way we are all being made to follow this crazy «science», to the detriment of most normal Humans» lives.I'm in England.We are living on a huge mass of fossil fuel, (coal, oil and now gas from Fracking), and we're being told that we must not use it to keep warm.Coal - fired power plants are being shut down.Useless windfarms are swamping our country.Nuclear stations are planned when Germany has banned them in favour of Coal.China and India are building and using more coal stations than we ever did.

For some communities, using more coal waste on farms may reduce health risks associated with coal waste ponds.

For example, if the US is making more steel, it may have to use more coal.

That's mainly because India currently uses more coal than it produces, as this graph shows:

«The question is, should Asia use more coal from Indonesia or should they use more coal from Indonesia and the United States?»

By 2035 third world countries will run into a brick wall unless they use more coal, and coal supplies also have limits.

Electricity Prices: How do electricity prices in states that use more coal compare with prices in states that use less coal?

«Rather than stand with Missouri in its efforts to go green, Walmart's St. Louis supercenter uses more coal than any of its other U.S. stores.

Already, China uses more coal than the United States, the European Union and Japan combined.

Not exact matches

Businesses large and small have been making the case that they can't afford paying more for labour going back to when laws were first proposed to curb the use of seven year - olds in coal mines or put an end to 16 - hour workdays.

While coal experiences more ups and downs than other commodities — the weather can have an effect on prices — the black rock has been in use for centuries.

But since Trump has been in office, the GOP has used the CRA more than a dozen times to roll back Obama - era rules and regulations, including one to protect broadband consumer privacy, one to curb bribery and corruption in the energy industry, and one to stop coal companies from dumping waste into streams and waterways.

Australian coal producers are only marginally more attractive without the $ 24 - a-tonne carbon tax they used to pay.

Since China and the United States together constitute more than half of global coal production, a peak of coal use in these nations can be sufficient to ensure that the peak in coal use is now behind us.

These forward - looking companies recognize that using natural gas, efficiency, and renewable energy are more profitable than retrofitting coal - fired plants — which are seen as being obsolete, inefficient, and highly polluting.

Plus, more EPA mandates have driven the cost of mining and using coal much higher.

«As the Alberta Electricity System Operator has noted, coal - fired power with carbon capture and storage is a far more expensive option to reduce carbon pollution compared to using natural gas, wind, solar and hydro power.

Alberta, which relies on coal to generate about half its power, would see electricity rates rise more slowly in coming decades if use of renewable energy increased, according to a study published today.

Christian charities have disputed claims that the use of coal needs to be expanded in order to help people... More

When I was a small boy I used to sit in front of the coal fire in our living room, get lost while gazing into the glowing ash and flame, and just — im... More

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

When I was a small boy I used to sit in front of the coal fire in our living room, get lost while gazing... More

If you are using charcoal briquets, soak hardwood chips in water before placing them on the coals so the wood will burn slower and create more smoke.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

Opponents say cutting use of oil, gas and coal is a more effective way to redirect energy companies

The scrubbers are a commonly used method for decreasing carbon emissions from industries such as coal - fired power plants, which produce more than 14 billion metric tons of carbon each year.

«We need to more effectively use the international coal market to import more coal, especially for our southeast coastline.»

«Increasing coal use worldwide gives me a lot more pause than the pattern of petroleum consumption.»

Biofuel producers use the sugars in crops such as corn to create alternative fuel that is more climate friendly than gas or coal.

Old coal plants get second life Alex Katzman, meanwhile, said he uses it to help consumers make more informed purchasing decisions.

If I recycle a bit more, if I make some energy efficiency, if I travel less, if I try to generate less carbon — what is the use of that when China is building another coal - fired power station next week?»

Recent studies suggest that energy obtained using the technique would be cheaper than more popular methods of getting low emissions coal power, like so - called Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), which involves gasifying coal above ground in facilities like the FutureGen project, which the Bush Administration proposed and then killed.

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.

Compressed Air The Alabama Energy Cooperative opened a compressed - air energy storage plant in 1991, using coal plants that ordinarily would be idle at night, to pump air into a hollowed - out salt dome at a pressure of more than 1,000 pounds per square inch.

Twenty percent of the energy used to stage the games came from renewable energy sources, even though Beijing still relies on coal for more than 40 percent of its electricity consumption.

In all the nations surveyed, more than 73 per cent of people agreed that «Every time we use coal or oil or gas, we contribute to the greenhouse effect».

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study.

Crude MCHM, or 4 - methylcyclohexane methanol, is used to purge impurities so coal burns more cleanly.

Since the 1980s, the use of nitrogen fertilizers and the number of livestock have doubled, whereas coal consumption has increased more than 3-fold and the number of motor vehicles more than 20-fold.

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).

So if extracting methane requires more than 30 per cent of the energy it yields, using coal would be...

It hopes to make less use of coal - burning stations and more of combined - cycle gas - turbine stations.

«If there is substantial natural gas leakage, then building new natural gas plants would lead to more near term climate damage than using the old dirty coal plants,» explained Caldeira.

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.

A 2009 research paper published in the journal Energy Procedia predicts that even if China achieves its 2030 target of energy efficiency improvement and clean energy use, more than half of its power supply will still come from coal.

The MPs want more FGD to be used, and call on the government to support clean coal demonstration projects.

As electricity use spikes across the country in the summertime when more people use air conditioning, electric power companies turn to more coal and natural gas power plants to help meet the demand, reducing renewables» share of total U.S. power generation, Comstock said.

But coal provides more than half of the electricity used by the U.S., and China builds the equivalent of two 500 - megawatt coal - fired power plants each week, helping keep these nations at the top of the list of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters.

«There's this virtuous cycle — whereas if you use more solar electricity, you can reduce your use of coal.