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...fuels now available, only coal is abundant and cheap enough to substitute for nuclear power. But it is dangerous to mine and dirty to burn. One study sponsored by the Ford Foundation estimates that a new coal-fired plant meeting current environmental standards produces two to 25 fatalities a year. In addition, there is the threat of the "greenhouse effect," the possibility that all-out burning of coal would pour so much carbon dioxide into the air as to keep heat from escaping out of the atmosphere into space. Theoretical consequences that some scientists like to cite: warming...
...plants built on site. Co-generation provides about a third of West Germany's electricity. The Army Corps of Engineers believes that electricity supplies could be increased significantly by expanding and improving existing hydroelectric power stations. Other alternatives will require technological breakthroughs. The fluidized-bed method of burning coal-essentially, burning a mixture of crushed coal and sand suspended on a column of air inside a superhot container-promises ultimately to make combustion more efficient while cutting down on pollutants. It is now in the experimental stage, but has yet to be made applicable to large-scale commercial operations...
...other producers are also levying surcharges on the basic OPEC price. Under Carter's plan, the proceeds of the oil tax would be funneled into an Energy Security Fund that would bankroll the development of alternative energy sources such as solar power and coal gasification, help low-income families pay for the rising cost of fuel and stimulate the development of energy-efficient mass transit systems such as rail and bus service...
...help of a ranking aide to Ralph Nader and now mutually work to agree on a list of food products and additives that everybody could consider safe-before going to the great trouble and expense of putting them on the market. Diebold also has his clients study the National Coal Policy Project. Companies that mine and use coal formed it with environmental leaders, and together they reached productive compromises to speed the digging and burning of coal. Similarly, Diebold's clients ponder the example of Pennsylvania Power & Light and Canada's Ontario Hydro. Before building a power plant...
...topping $11 billion, and a net profit before taxes of close to a billion dollars, the Atlantic Richfield Company is one of the nation's largest oil firms. In 1977, it acquired the Anaconda Company, a leading mineral producer. Today ARCO's interests extend to copper, aluminum, coal, uranium, a few solar and geothermal energy operations, and even a London newspaper, The Observer...