Coal: A Diminishing Hope for America's Energy Needs: Coal Producers: Ultimate Losers? Surface-Mining: Implications for Coal Development Coal Leasing: A Touchy Issue Clean Air and Coal: Can We Use Both? Discussion REFERENCES

Coal: A Diminishing Hope for America's Energy Needs: Coal Producers: Ultimate Losers? Surface-Mining: Implications for Coal Development Coal Leasing: A Touchy Issue Clean Air and Coal: Can We Use Both? Discussion REFERENCES

President Carter once referred to the U.S. as the Saudi Arabia of coal. If consumption continues along present lines, reserve will last about 300 years. However, although reserves comprise over 80% of U.S. domestic energy fossil fuel resources, coal currently supplies only about 19% of the nation�...

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Veröffentlicht in:Business & society 1983-04, Vol.22 (1), p.35
Hauptverfasser: Dhir, Krishna S, Stewart, JoAnn B, Hopkins, Willie E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Air cleanliness
Air pollution
Antitrust
Capital expenditures
Coal industry
Coal mining
Costs
Electricity distribution
Energy
Energy consumption
Environmental protection
Industrial plant emissions
Leasing
Mines
Noise control
Outdoor air quality
Rain
Regulation
Strip mining
Sulfur
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Zusammenfassung:President Carter once referred to the U.S. as the Saudi Arabia of coal. If consumption continues along present lines, reserve will last about 300 years. However, although reserves comprise over 80% of U.S. domestic energy fossil fuel resources, coal currently supplies only about 19% of the nation's energy consumption,1 with forecasts of 25% by 1990.2
ISSN:0007-6503
1552-4205