By
Bruce Miller, Associate Director, The Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, U.S.A.
Description
Coal is currently a major energy source in the United States as well as throughout the world, especially among many developing countries,
and will continue to be so for many years. Fossil fuels will continue to be the dominant energy source for fueling the United States
economy, with coal playing a major role for decades.
Coal provides stability in price and availability, will continue to be a major
source of electricity generation, will be the major source of hydrogen for the coming hydrogen economy, and has the potential to become
an important source of liquid fuels. Conservation and renewable/sustainable energy are important in the overall energy picture, but will
play a lesser role in helping us satisfy our energy demands.
This book is a single source covering many coal-related subjects of
interest ranging from explaining what coal is, where it is distributed and quantities it can be found in throughout the world, technical
and policy issues regarding the use of coal, technologies used and under development for utilizing coal to produce heat, electricity,
and chemicals with low environmental impact, vision for untilizing coal well into the 21st century, and the security coal presents.
Included in series
Sustainable World
Audience:
Professional personnel in the coal industry including managers, directors, project monitors, engineers, policy makers, and regulators.
A secondary market would be undergraduate and graduate environmental engineering students.
