The fuel is there, and it can be dugbut plants may not want to use it
Can a 19th century fuel that is dangerous to mine, difficult to transport and dirty to burn free the world's most energy-hungry nation from its crushing dependence on foreign oil? All along, that has been the big question mark over coal, the linchpin in President Carter's National Energy Plan. Carter's goal for coal is to boost output to 1.2 billion tons a year by 1985an unprecedented increase of almost 75% over the 685 million tons mined last yearand to coax electric utilities and industry to burn...
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