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- Reduces environmental emissions, pollution of coal burning
- Barack Obama mentioned clean coal as a key energy source for the future in his 2008 Democratic Convention acceptance speechThe New York Times: The Enduring Allure of ‘Clean Coal’ (August 29, 2008)
- Some people are skeptical that clean coal technology is too expensive
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Clean coal technology is any energy production method which is used to lessen the environmental pollution of traditional coal burning. President George W. Bush's Clean Coal Technology Initiative pledged $2 billion to clean coal energy resources over a 10 year span. There are numerous proposed methods fro reducing the environmental impact of coal burning. These include removing minerals and impurities from the coal by chemical washingFree Patents: Process for removing mineral impurities from coals and oil shales, gasificationPopular Mechanics: Clean Coal: How to Make Rock into Biofuel and carbon captureAmerican Progress: Global Warming and the Future of Coal A certain amount of controversy continues around the debate on clean coal and skeptics' arguments have been reinforced by the toxic sludge spill in Tennessee in December 2008.The Christian Science Monitor: Tennessee spill revives coal ash controversy
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Clean Coal Technology Questions
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Is Coal really the solution to Climate change? 3 AnswersLOL. No. Coal is stored energy like anything else. Its stored energy from the Hydrogen in the sun exhausting itself over millions of years. Burning coal and t... read more -
What are the coal reserves of Indonesia? 1 AnswerIndonesian coal production has increased in recent years, and Indonesia is currently the world's third largest exporter of steaming coal (after Australia and Ch... read more -
List the US coal companies and how much coal the annual production. 1 AnswerThere are 52 major Coal Mines in the US. Most are in the central US with a large concentration in Wyoming; however, there are a few in Pennsylvania and West Vi... read more
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