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What's the Real Cost of Fossil Fuels?

by riversedge

Fossil fuel market prices don’t reflect the externality, or social cost, of pollutants, including carbon dioxide that causes global warming. Since the catastrophic effects of climate change will occur decades in the future, it is easier to measure the cost of preventing them than the the damage that will occur if we don’t. Internalizing the prevention cost by adding it to fossil fuel market prices makes these prices more closely reflect the real cost of fossil fuels. published 10 days ago

0 comments    global warming taxes al gore

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America Has More Oil Than Saudi Arabia

by magnoliazz

The United States has plenty of oil within US borders. We don't have to rely on foreign oil anymore! It is just a matter of drilling and getting the oil out. The oil is there! Remember the song...."America,... published 5 weeks ago

0 comments    oil alternative energy coal

Google goes Solar and Clean Energy. Photo courtesy Google.69

Google Plans to Produce a Gigawatt of Clean Energy, Cheaper Than Coal

by cgull8m

Google goes Solar and Clean Energy. Photo courtesy Google.Google announced plans to produce a gigawatt of renewable energy within the next few years and wants to produce them cheaper than coal. This power... published 9 months ago

6 comments    google energy solar

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One percent of Australia's geothermal energy can produce 26,000 years of Electricity

by cgull8m

Geothermal Energy Principle. Photo: Treehugger.com Australian scientists claim just by harnessing one percent of the country’s untapped geothermal energy from underground could produce 26,000 years worth of... published 16 hours ago

10 comments    technology science energy

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Do you have to attend church to be a Christian?

by Ray P Burriss

As you will discover in the Bible, very little is mentioned concerning church attendance. One of the reasons for this is that there were no churches to attend. Christianity was new, and no churches as we have... published 15 months ago

2 comments    religion christianity coal

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Change of Pace

by Bendo13

Come take a journey with me, a bit in the past, but always memorable. Winding trails. Thoughts of a location unseen, slicing through the air on a four-wheeled contraption.. Fork in the road; let's go left.... published 15 months ago

1 comment    adventure atv mine

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Can we use Coal as Fuel in Gas Turbine?

by prasannasutrave

In Gas Tubine different types of Fuels can be used to perform its operations.The Coal may also be used as a Fuel in Gas Turbine plant.But it may contain as much as 20% of its Weight of dirt in the form of Ash.... published 5 weeks ago

0 comments    education fuel coal

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Why Why We Need Cleaner Fuels

by Karen and Lesley

Man likes to be warm, infact he needs warmth to survive. There is nothing nicer than feeling the warmth of the sun on a nice sunny morning. Plants also need the warmth and light from the sun to grow. Heat... published 4 months ago

0 comments    oil solar energy industry

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Coal Will Destroy Us All

by cgull8m

Think You’re Making a Difference for environment? Think Again! For every effort the state, company, individual and the country makes to reduce Global Warming, a single or a few coal power plants will... published 12 months ago

2 comments    pollution coal destroy

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The miner 49er

by truestory

This mine in particular had small mules that pulled the loaded coal buggies out the mines. One day all the men went to work as usual things were no different until the shift was almost over, suddenly there... published 6 weeks ago

2 comments    make people world

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