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Worse yet, the SPR, unlike similar European reserves, contains 65 percent high-sulfur "sour" crude, which requires more sophisticated refining. With the takeover of Kuwait, the U.S. lost one of its primary refining centers. This means American refineries will have to take up the slack...
...lowest carbon dioxide emissions of any of the fossil fuels," notes James MacKenzie, a senior associate at the World Resources Institute, an environmental group. More natural gas could be used for electrical generation, mainly to replace coal. "Power plants can switch fuels and cut their emissions of sulfur instantly with relatively inexpensive changes in equipment," says MacKenzie. The most untapped market is transportation. More than 30,000 cars and trucks in the U.S. run on natural gas, and automakers have shown increasing interest in the technology. Last week General Motors and Tecogen Inc. of Waltham, Mass., unveiled a natural...
...energy source, geothermal generation is a proven technology. It supplies about 5% of California's electricity and provides power in two other states and about 20 foreign countries as well. Advocates admit that tapping the earth's heat in this fashion will also bring up noxious hydrogen sulfide and sulfur-dioxide gases, but they argue that the Kilauea volcano, just a few miles away, spews out far more of the very same gases...
...shifting societal values, from an appetite for natural resources to a concern for environmental quality, from the need for a strong defense to the reality of eased world tensions. Each shift brings dislocation and hardship. When revisions to the Clean Air Act pass Congress, the use of high-sulfur coal will be curbed, and thousands of West Virginia miners will lose their careers. And the scaling back of the defense budget could put thousands more on the unemployment line...
Smoke from burning coal and car exhausts contains carbon monoxide, a host of carcinogens and sulfur dioxide, which helps form the acid rain that is withering Europe's once lush forests. In Poland more than 50,600 hectares (125,000 acres) of woodland have been destroyed, and nearly half the remaining trees are damaged. More than 32,400 hectares (80,000 acres) of Czechoslovakia's forests have been lost...