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There is seven times the known amount of fossil carbon fuels than is
needed to kill the world if it is burned, or enough to kill seven
Earths if you burn it all. A ton of coal (pure Carbon, atomic weight 12)
turns into 3.6 tons of CO2 (Oxygen atomic weight 16 x 2) when burned in
the air -- so much for clean coal. Natural gas (methane = CH4) is 25
times more powerful greenhouse gas by destroying ozone layer, than CO2
-- so much for clean natural gas. Just because something is transparent
and invisible does not mean it is environmentally good. Loose CH4
molecules escaping from fracking is ungood, but burning a ton of CH4
still produces 2.75 tons of CO2 gas.
Do not be fooled by language: carbon fuels = bad, whether it is "clean"
coal, or "clean" natural gas. Get the "carbon" out, not the dirty image
wording.
One acre of cheap 16% efficient polycrystal silicon solar PV panels
mines two tons of coal energy each year for the 25 guaranteed lifespan
years it is operating. One acre of PV mines 50 tons of coal energy
equivalent in it's lifetime, without carbon emissions if it is made
using PV energy.
There is seven times the known amount of fossil carbon fuels than is needed to kill the world if it is burned, or enough to kill seven Earths if you burn it all. A ton of coal (pure Carbon, atomic weight 12) turns into 3.6 tons of CO2 (Oxygen atomic weight 16 x 2) when burned in the air -- so much for clean coal. Natural gas (methane = CH4) is 25 times more powerful greenhouse gas by destroying ozone layer, than CO2 -- so much for clean natural gas. Just because something is transparent and invisible does not mean it is environmentally good. Loose CH4 molecules escaping from fracking is ungood, but burning a ton of CH4 still produces 2.75 tons of CO2 gas.
Do not be fooled by language: carbon fuels = bad, whether it is "clean" coal, or "clean" natural gas. Get the "carbon" out, not the dirty image wording.
One acre of cheap 16% efficient polycrystal silicon solar PV panels mines two tons of coal energy each year for the 25 guaranteed lifespan years it is operating. One acre of PV mines 50 tons of coal energy equivalent in it's lifetime, without carbon emissions if it is made using PV energy.