Word: coaling
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...them were actually producing electricity last week because of assorted glitches. Fifty-nine more are in the works, 27 of which may open this year or next. By the end of 1983, nuclear energy will surpass water power and natural gas and move into second place, behind coal, as a generator of electricity in the U.S. Last year nuclear generators produced 12.5% of the nation's electricity. But that is far below the 25% that had been predicted by nuclear proponents in the 1950s and '60s. By the year 2000, some of those prophets were saying then, half...
...bedeviled relentlessly by escalating costs. Because of environmental suits, high interest rates and construction delays, the cost of power from nuclear reactors went up so rapidly in recent years that, according to opponents of the new technology, by 1976 it was possible to produce cheaper energy from a new coal plant than from a new nuclear plant. Industry defenders contend, however, that power from nuclear plants is still less expensive overall: 2.7? per kwh, vs. 3.2? from coal-fired plants and 6.9? from oil. Detractors argue that the statistics give unfair weight to ultracheap power from old nuclear plants...
...employees, or technically their ESOP, will take over the Weirton operation for $66 million, plus $300 million mostly for inventories of coal, iron ore and unsold products. For their money, the workers are getting an old plant, built during the early part of the century by Steel Pioneer E.T. Weir, but one that has been modernized over the years; its cold rolling mill numbers among the industry's newest. The plan calls for all workers to own shares of the new company's stock, but details of how much each will get have not been worked out. None...
OPEC is the residual or marginal source of supply to the world energy regime. It is the only after indigenous energy resources (i.e., hydro, coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas) are produced at capacity levels that countries turn to foreign suppliers to meet additional needs. Most countries first turn to such non-OPEC suppliers as Mexico, Norway, and even the Soviet Union, either because of consideration relating to price or security of supply or both. Only then do buyers finally turn to OPEC as the supplier of last resort. Conversely as oil demand begins to decline, OPEC...
ACCORDING TO MOST REPORTS, the two films dealing with acid rain--"Acid From Heaven" and "Acid Rain: Requiem or Recovery"--present a low-key, moderate account of one of the most highly injurious forms of air pollution. Acid rain, which results from sulfur dioxide emissions from coal and some power plants, poses a tremendous threat to the environment. Produced mainly in the Eastern U.S., it acidifies lakes and streams, killing fish and other aquatic wildlife, and has been found to cause excessive root decay to forests and crops and to corrode man-made structures. The human dangers of acid rain...