The paper explores whether or not coal power can ever become a sustainable technology. The paper defines sustainability and explains that although coal power plants pollute the atmosphere, new technologies have made the idea of environmentally responsible coal power plants a possibility. The paper concludes that the use of coal in hyper-efficient gasification plants seems to be a viable, sustainable option.
From the Paper:
"First we must articulate a conception of sustainability, a definition if you will. Conclusions about coal's sustainability will be largely arbitrary unless we establish from the outset a clear sense of what it means to be sustainable. This will provide the framework with which coal's potential to be a sustainable option can be evaluated. It is naive to think that sustainability is defined as an either-or proposition. Too often, definitions of sustainability imagine that a process, technology, or ideology is either sustainable or it is not."
Sample of Sources Used:
Brown, Lester. "Coal: The United States Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond." The Humanist 64.2 (March-April 2004): 34-35.
"Minnesota Puts Its Weight Behind Coal Gasification." Power Engineering 107.7 (July 2003): 10.
Viswanathan, R. "Materials Technology for Coal-Fired Power Plants." Advanced Materials & Processes 162.8 (Aug. 2004): 73-76.
"The Sustainability of Coal" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-The-Sustainability-of-Coal/100210>
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