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...miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in the Chinese province of Anhui...
There are alternatives to having an extremely oil-dependent economy. Hydrogen looks promising, and wind power is now price-competitive with coal. With aggressive policy measures, including investment subsidies for renewable energy and stronger standards for vehicle efficiency, the U.S. could be independent of foreign oil by 2015—and not a moment too soon. However, there is no indication that the federal government is taking these alternatives seriously. The Federal Budget for 2004 allocates a meager $1 billion towards hydrogen fuel cell research, yet vehicle fuel efficiency standards have hardly moved—from 20.7 miles per gallon...
...taller than my thigh, the boy with coal-dark eyes swings himself easily onto my white horse. Feet dangling high above the stirrups, he gallops along the shore of a frozen lake, turns, rears and dismounts with a grace that brings to mind his distant ancestors-the Mongol warriors who swept across Asia...
...someplace"-in our case, straight into a big gold mine where giant earth-digging machines belch fumes and wildcatters pan in acrid ditches. (Mining is Mongolia's most valuable industry, though most Mongolians work in agriculture. Pollution is a problem around Ulan Bator, especially from the burning of soft coal in power plants...
Natsource trades not only standard commodities like coal and natural gas but also a new currency known as greenhouse-gas credits. These credits represent, in effect, the right to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide, methane or other gases thought to contribute to global warming. Such credits trade in earnest in nations like Britain and Denmark, which have capped emissions from such sources as factories and power plants. And the credits are trading on an experimental basis in the U.S., as industries anticipate the eventual imposition of similar emission limits here...