Word: coal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Countries must develop short-term alternatives to oil, such as unclear energy, coal and other fossil fuels, he said...
...state of Montana, for example, has more potential energy in the form of coal than Saudi Arabia has in the form...
Utility executives will concentrate on knocking out Carter's proposal to force them to install expensive "scrubbers" in their plants to remove harmful chemicals from coal smoke. Their argument: if they have to convert from oil and natural gas to coal as completely as Carter wants, installation of scrubbers would add $7 billion to their costs through 1985, and that would have to be passed on in higher electricity rates to users. Coal lobbyists will join the attack: they fear that if power plants are forced to install scrubbers, they will either drag their feet as long as possible...
...COAL producers stand to mine rich profits out of the energy plan. The President has called for increasing production from 665 million tons a year at present to 1.1 billion tons by 1985. Even so, coalmen are far from happy. They worry that tough clean-air standards will divert utilities to nuclear power and new strip-mining regulations will inhibit output. Mine operators are concerned that the surge in demand will drive up prices and Government allocation plans and price controls could become necessary...
RAILROADS that haul coal would be in for a windfall. Hays T. Watkins, chairman of the Chessie System, the nation's largest coal hauler, expects 100 new mines to open along the line's routes in the next five years. That would add 33 million tons a year to the system's coal freight, 50% more than its present volume. All that will require more coal cars and enhance the revenues of railroad-equipment manufacturers like Pullman...