Abstract

The use of fossil fuels currently dominates world-wide energy production. While there are many alternatives to the use of coal, oil, natural gas, and other fossil fuels, published projections show that fossil fuels will continue to provide the bulk of the world's expanding energy needs in the foreseeable future. Given its vast reserves and the rapidly developing clean-coal technologies, coal is projected to assume an increasingly important role. Yet increasing use of these fossil fuels presents many challenges of world-wide significance, including control of acid rain, emissions of toxic compounds and trace metals, particulate emissions, and carbon oxide emissions. Further, with the expanding world energy needs, ever-increasing efficiencies for generation of power and industrial heat are essential

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