Posts Tagged ‘coal’
My Position Statement on a Variety of Energy Issues
Welcome to the new R-Squared! Our goals here are to provide a place to engage in respectful and thoughtful debate about the very important issue of energy. I thought it might be a good idea to summarize my positions on a wide variety of energy issues. Here I will attempt to ...
Innovative Coal Drying Technology Extracts More Energy at Less Cost
New tech can extract more energy from high moisture coal while simultaneously reducing emissions of mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides.
Book Review: Big Coal
Big Coal by Jeff Goodell is a book I have had on my reading list for a long time, but I only got around to reading it during my recent trip to Europe.
Prices of Various Energy Sources
As we continue to develop biomass as a renewable source of energy, it is important to keep the cost of energy in mind, because this has a very strong influence on the choices governments and individuals will make. I sometimes hear people ask "Why are we still using dirty coal?" ...
We’re Number One!
The U.S., that is, in total fossil fuel resources. At least those were the findings of the Congressional Research Service in a report they just released:U.S. Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and SummaryThe primary reason is our huge coal reserves. While we are 12th ...
EPA Plans on Limiting Metal Discharges From Coal Plants
According to the EPA, they are putting together a new rule set that would reduce the amount of metal waste dumped into water supplies.
Clean Energy Will Create More Jobs Than Coal
A study suggests that by 2030, more jobs will be available in the energy field if governments make the switch to renewables. If they stick to coal, the number of jobs will drop by half a million.
Energy Bill for Global Warming Causes War Between Coal and Natural Gas
Politicians are battling over whether to continue using coal as the primary energy provider or to give more power to natural gas.
Britain’s Impending Energy Crisis
In case you missed the story yesterday in the Economist:How long till the lights go out?North Sea gas has served Britain well, but supply peaked in 1999. Since then the flow has fallen by half; by 2015 it will have dropped by two-thirds. By 2015 ...
Answering Reader Questions 2009: Part 2
In this installment, I continue to work my way through the list of questions recently submitted by readers. This post picks up where Part 1 left off, and covers coal-to-liquids, technology hype, green gasoline, refining improvements, allocation of money toward renewables, electricity consumption, the Automotive X Prize, Big ...
