The burning and mining of coal produces more amounts of harmful pollutants to the air than any other energy source.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, between 1980 to 2001; sulfur oxide emission dropped 38 percent, nitrogen oxide dropped 32 percent and particulate matter dropped 25 percent.
There are several factors that make coal the biggest contributor to the energy system. There is already an integrated infrastructure in place.
There are abundant domestic reserves. There are improved technology and efficiency; which leads to lower costs.
Burning coal produces hydrogen. Hydrogen can be used in many ways. The United States intends to have hydrogen and fuel cell technology up and running in the near future.
The pros and cons are discussed in a very straightforward manner in this Scientific America article.
The Clean Coal Power Initiative is trying on heading toward a coal-based hydrogen fuel.
Sequestration is the process of taking all the harmful leftover gasses created by the burning of coal and placing them into the earth so the do not reach the atmosphere.
If the Clean Coal Power Initiative is coupled with sequestration, we could still use coal and have near zero emissions.
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