Tag: fossil fuel
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Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world
Orange County Register: Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world Gwynn Dyer, an independent journalist, writes: After the loss of 10 million American lives in the Three-Mile Island calamity in 1979, the death of 2 billion in the Chernobyl holocaust in 1986 and, now, the abandonment of all of northern Japan following the death of millions in…
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Coal’s Energy Potential Is an Engineering Challenge Now
New York Times: Coal’s Energy Potential Is an Engineering Challenge Now WASHINGTON — Coal is so cheap and so widely available that its increased use is inevitable, but clearing the hurdle to burning it on a wide scale — separating the carbon dioxide and sequestering it — could turn out to be one of the…
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New ways to gasify and clean coal emerge
Reuters: New ways to gasify and clean coal emerge ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – New ways to gasify coal are emerging that could help reduce the cost of managing the fuel's greenhouse gas emissions, officials at small companies said. A race to develop cleaner ways to burn coal is emerging as the United States hopes to…