Word: coale
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...than two centuries ago, with the Industrial Revolution. Using the new technology of the steam engine in the early 19th century, and the internal combustion engine in the century just ended, society found itself able to exploit on a massive scale the energy locked in such fossil fuels as coal, oil and gas. At the same time, dramatic gains in agricultural productivity made possible by mechanized farming, fertilizers and more efficient water use pushed people from farms into factories and cities. The net result was a revolution in living standards that the world had never seen or even imagined possible...
...many parts of the world, it hasn't even happened yet. About 2.5 billion people have no access to modern energy services, and the power demands of developing economies are expected to grow 2.5% per year. But if those demands are met by burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas, more and more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will hit the atmosphere. That, scientists tell us, will promote global warming, which could lead to rising seas, fiercer storms, severe droughts and other climatic disruptions...
UKRAINE Mine Blast Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma promised to close all unsafe coal mines following an explosion that killed 20 miners?the third major mining accident in the country in recent weeks. The blast occurred 1,076 m below ground at the Zasyadko mine in the eastern Donetsk region when about 700 miners were in the pit. Ukraine's aging mines are among the world's most dangerous...
When a U.S. alternative energy company signed a technology license contract last month to enable China's largest coal company to build a $2 billion plant to liquefy coal in Inner Mongolia it may have been sealing the future of OPEC. If the technology lives up to its promise and can economically transform coal into diesel and gasoline it may tip the geopolitical scales by reducing the dependence on oil of coal-rich countries like China, the U.S. and Germany. At the same time it could significantly decrease pollution blamed for global warming and acid rain. Many countries...
...tour guide, I felt briefly like the hero from a John le Carr? thriller, soon to be swapped for a rival spy. At the midway point my keeper motioned me quickly off to the side. The daily train to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, approached from Ji'an, its coal-fueled engine blowing black smoke and steam into the clear, summer sky. The imposing engine lurched by within feet of us, the wooden bridge shuddering under its weight. The train's handful of North Korean passengers peered down at me quizzically. A few even scrambled to the train's third...