2008 Woodie Awards
The New York Times has an interesting article about the future of coal for America, coal gasification, which really ought to go into any respectable energy plan passed by Congress or the President.
As many may know, what oil is to Saudi Arabia is what coal is to the US, accounting for about 50% of electricity production domestically. But being one of America’s most plentiful natural resources, though hidden underground, coal also releases many harmful greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and heavy metals such as mercury when burned. Coal gasification is one tremendously more efficient and effective solution than what we currently have installed in power plants at fighting smog, mercury in fish, and most importantly, global warming. The scary thing is, even though the technology fully exists close to no one wants to use it.
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