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[ 2009-12-25 5:51:00 | By: nopq895 ] |
How does Florida oil purifierenergy profile stack up now? Today, two-thirds of the state抯 electricity comes from burning coal and natural gas, which emit significant amounts of pollution that cause acid rain and smog, and cause or aggravate a wide range of acute respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Mercury from coal plants pollutes waterways and winds up in fish. Women of child-bearing age are advised to limit their fish intake, since mercury causes brain damage and birth defects in children. Florida also relies heavily on nuclear power plants, which are expensive to build and have fuel that is dangerous and difficult to dispose of.
By contrast, renewable forms of energy ?wind, the sun and biomass ?have far fewer emissions, risks and costs than fossil fuels. Unlike nuclear fuel, no terrorist can do much harm with a wood chip. Compared to oil purifier coal, biomass electricity generation releases negligible toxins. Additionally, biomass gasification is especially clean because the wood is ooked?to release its flammable gases that are then burned to generate electricity. This greatly reduces the amount of particulates released through a plant smokestack. The Port St. Joe plant would employ gasification technology.
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