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Doubt it's actually huge, probably insignificant compared to corporate polluters using other sources of energy. Would be interesting to see the comparison in po
by huntertwo 7y ago
Doubt it's actually huge, probably insignificant compared to corporate polluters using other sources of energy. Would be interesting to see the comparison in pollutants released by coal homes and corporate polluters.
- H8crilA 7y agoIt's huge. Big reason why China has polluted air. There's a world of difference between summers and winters due to heating. You can literally see when they switch off heating in Beijing.
- nateburke 7y agoI was once in Beijing for work when there was a big communist nation powow there at the same time, in early March. Laos, NK, etc in attendance. The sky was clear during the meeting, and after, visibility quickly dropped to 100 ft
- huntertwo 7y agoThis[0] shows that coal fueled energy production produces about 65% of CO2 emissions related to energy production in the US. This[1] shows that energy production makes up 92.6% of all coal consumption in the US and residential is at most 1% of that, so it's pretty insignificant in CO2 emissions compared to the other sources of energy production, namely natural gas which produces 33% of all CO2 emissions related to energy production. However, like you say, it'd be significant in places where coal heated homes are more common. And the other pollutants that cause smog and acid rain and other issues definitely cause local problems. But emissions caused by energy production are a much larger problem on a nation wide scale. [0] https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=77&t=11 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=77&t=11 [1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/coal/use-of-coal.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/coal/use-of-coal.php