So some of us hadn't been too bent out of shape with the skyrocketing fuel prices because 1) Some of us are selling our cars anyway, and 2) Some of us kind of hoped this would necessitate a rise in renewable energies. However, there are some predictions floating around out there which state that may not be the case. The International Herald Tribune tells us,According to Climate Strategies, an international climate policy network based at the University of Cambridge, one of the likeliest consequences [of high fuel costs] could be a rush to highly polluting technologies to extract more fossil fuels from different sources, including technologies pioneered during the last century to extract liquid fuels from coal.The thought is that, instead of spending on innovation to combat fuel prices, governments and companies might instead revert back to tried and true, yet dirtier, practices to meet energy demand. Some of these practices, like like liquid coal, can emit twice as much carbon waste as regular fuel production. Which is kind of the opposite of what we'd been hoping to happen, I think.You can takepart to learn more about liquid coal from the Sierra Club, and sign a petition asking Congress to oppose any legislation supporting liquid coal.
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Carbon Emissions, energy, coal, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, global warming, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, liquid coal, Sierra Club, Environmental Pollution, greenhouse emissions, CO2 emissions, dirty energy, International Herald Tribune, co2 global warming, high gas prices, high fuel costs, Climate Stategies, University of Cambridge
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