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MARCH 20, 2013
Total energy consumption in the manufacturing sector decreased by 17% from 2002 to 2010, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. US manufacturing used more than 14 quadrillion Btu of energy as a fuel in 2010, a decrease of 13% from the 2002 level. increases in their fuel consumption from 2002 to 2010.
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FEBRUARY 28, 2009
Carbon emissions associated with increased exports from China (left), as part of a more systematic view of increased national emissions (right), 2002 to 2005. Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
US subsidies for fuels and renewable energy, 2002-2008. The study, “Estimating US Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008”, found that fossil fuels benefited from approximately $72 billion over the seven-year period, while subsidies for renewable fuels totaled $29 billion. Nuclear was not included in the analysis.
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AUGUST 31, 2009
China Datang Corporation began construction of China’s first major coal to synthetic natural gas project. The solely state-owned group was established on the basis of the partial power generation assets of former State Power Corporation of China in 2002. Output from the project is targeted at Beijing.
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MARCH 16, 2010
Underground coal gasification (UCG) company Cougar Energy Limited achieved the successful ignition of the Kunioon coal seam at it flagship Kingaroy plant in central Queensland, Australia, beginning the gasification process. The resulting syngas is being processed on site and the main flare has been ignited.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2012
Although the majority (59%) still says the United States should put greater emphasis on the development of alternative energy supplies, with 34% saying the US should emphasize production of more oil, gas, and coal supplies, that margin has shrunk. In 2002, Republicans said conservation should be emphasized over production, by 53% to 35%.
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JANUARY 2, 2013
2002), respectively. For coal, oil, and natural gas, respectively, associated economic values of health impacts are $0.19–$0.45/kWh, For coal and oil, these costs are larger than the typical retail price of electricity, demonstrating the magnitude of the externality. The high (?) values are given by Laden et al.
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