Clean coal

Clean coal is a technology of greatly disputed value with some believing it is the way of the future while others believe it merely applies a band-aid to a gunshot wound. Clean coal technology is not the most economically or environmentally practical method of energy production causing me to advocate for the increased use of alternative technologies. Any technology that reduces the environmental impact of burning coal falls under the clean coal technologies umbrella (Halber, 2008, para. 1). The two most common categories of these technologies deal with the removal and storage, most commonly in subterrestrial caverns, of carbon dioxide before or after the burning of coal or the removal of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, the cause of acid…

Satirical cartoons are illustrated reports that usually represent current events and personas with a comical slant. ‘Proving That is Easy to Produce Clean Coal’ was a political cartoon by the authors affiliated with Inkcinct. This cartoon was published in The Australian on the 2nd of February 2017. It was used against the Turnbull Government when the Liberal – National Coalition announced that it would be easy to produce clean coal while having a beneficial profit to loss ratio. Turnbull’s clean…

Coal companies are making big bucks by digging up land in search of coal and in the process they’re barely cleaning up the mess they made. They have the money to do the cleaning up, but they don’t want to pay it. Even regulators are fearing a one billion dollar coal cleanup bill. If it was up to the coal companies they would leave the $1 billion bill for the taxpayers to deal with. Michael Corkery states that, “ The regulators worry that coal companies will use the bankruptcy courts to pay off…

It makes the argument that the use of coal can never be ‘clean’, and that it shouldn’t be an argument that it could be, rather the argument should be can it be ‘clean enough’. Coal is the main argument because of the total amount of emissions using it alone gives off. It produces 39% of the global carbon dioxide emissions. This is why we need to make the shift to cleaner renewable energy or find a way to store the carbon emissions underground. But even that may not solve all the problems.…

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most revered and studied American authors, famous the world over for his extensive bibliography of short stories and novels. However, Hemingway was a deeply troubled man, and many of his works are monuments to his struggles with depression. “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is an ideal example of Hemingway’s nihilistic view of the world: it appears to be a mirror into his very soul. The theme of “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is decidedly nihilistic: life, human ideas…

these problems affect their daily life and affect how people react near him. In Hemingway’s A Clean, Well-Lighted Place a dark loneliness fills the void of man’s solitary existence, while in O’Brien’s 2006 film Isolation, physical remoteness allows for the entrance of a sinister shadowy evil, each demonstrating, in its own way, nature’s need to fill a vacuum. The inner struggles that the old man had gone through had been felt by his presence in the cafe. The young waiter does not know why the…

Imagining a world without coal would be a devastating one because, the day that we lose access to coal, is the day we lack the ability to function as a nation properly. Coal is ultimately one of the most important energy sources. Coal has created a billion dollar industry that allows us to have access to several objects that we cannot find ourselves to live without. For example, people often wake up in the morning and brush their teeth because this is a common habit. The toothpaste that you use…

about 23 percent of the world 's energy needs, coal-burning is a cost-efficient way for Australia to create electricity, however there are negative impacts to coal-burning, such as its harmful fumes and damaging emissions. Clean alternatives to coal-power, despite being costly, already exist and are widely used throughout the world. The key advantage of renewable energy such as, solar and wind; is that it can be obtained in essentially abundant and unlimited quantities. Australia must find the…

With the introduction of new, clean alternative ways of producing energy such as wind and solar, the government has spent its resources focusing on developing effective ways to collect the power made by these renewable resources. The government has been offering incentives to companies that develop and create power using the sun and wind, but nuclear energy regardless of its clean nature has been ignored. Incentives for nuclear power plants are not being created and as a result, nuclear power…

Nuclear Energy Should Nuclear energy be the primary source of electricity around the world? This has been a much debated topic for years. Though there are several countries that have taken the step to use nuclear energy, many haven’t including Australia. There are many positives, including the fact that Nuclear energy is clean and it also reduces Co2 that is released by fossil fuel, the nuclear reactors cost relatively low to operate and nuclear energy can save many lives in the long run. There…