Synfuels: nukes of the 80's
Toxic pollutants released to the air and water, as well as the impacts of massive strip mining, will characterize the era of synfuel development as a time of environmental costs which could be life-threatening. Tough water regulations in the western states may result in a few states bearing all the related social and economic impacts. Government incentives for utilities to develop synfuels have already resulted in major development projects in Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. Synfuel research by the Electric Power Research Institute has been costly, rivaling nuclear power as a main focus of interest and burying the scattered opposition. How the utilities will overcome the lack of a reliable synfuels market should be of interest to critics as well as the environmental implication. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 5189007
- Journal Information:
- Power Line; (United States), Vol. 5:10-11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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