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Carbon, Coal, and Ethanol
Asia’s Coal Grew 500% Since 1980
In the fight against global warming and climate destabilization, coal is enemy #1. Not only does it produce more CO2 per unit of energy than other mainstream energy sources, but it’s also a big offender when it comes to smog and mercury pollution. Unfortunately, the slow coal growth in many parts of the world [...]
Mining Causes Cigarette Smoke Air
When winter comes to Utah and atmospheric conditions trap a soup of pollutants close to the ground, doctors say it turns every resident in the Salt Lake basin into the equivalent of a cigarette smoker. For days or weeks at a time, an inversion layer in which high pressure systems can trap a roughly 1,300-foot-thick [...]
Ethanol
Ethanol is socially desirable but more expensive to produce than gasoline. The following countries used different resources to produce Ethanol. Brazil - Molasses and Sugar Cane Juice. US - Corn. France - Sugar Beets. The reason Fuel Ethanol is directly starting to compete with Gasoline: The energy in a tone of Ethanol is greater than its production energy. Ethanol is [...]
Coal Reliance & Data Centers
As the internet market is growing, so is the demand for data centers. Greeenpeace researched data transparency to evaluate data consumption of companies relative to the efficiency of their data center locations, and how they’re working to improve their current situation. Currently data centers in the US are responsible for 3 percent of national power supply. [...]
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