Comments on: Combining coal and biomass in co-gasification http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2008/08/14/combining-coal-and-biomass-in-co-gasification/ Browsing environmental news sources so you don't have to. Contact Laura Barnes (lbarnes@istc.illinois.edu) with questions, comments, and suggestions. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:42:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: megreenyou http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2008/08/14/combining-coal-and-biomass-in-co-gasification/comment-page-1/#comment-56737 megreenyou Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:07:20 +0000 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/?p=6650#comment-56737 Many prominent politicians and a variety of experts worldwide have stated that climate change is the globe’s largest environmental challenge. Some have stated that it constitutes a more powerful global threat than international terrorism. There is wide, but not universal, agreement from scientists. It is conceivable that warming temperatures could take the globe into uncharted territory; however, no scientist is able to predict how rapidly temperatures will rise and who will be most affected. It should be kept in mind that all life on earth exists only because of the natural greenhouse effect which is the capability of the atmosphere to retain the balanced quantum of heat for species to thrive. A comprehensive analysis of global warming may be found at http://www.onebiosphere.com Many scientists have studied this global phenomenon. For example, Dr. Michael Mann is known for the "hockey stick graph," a plot of the past millennium's temperature that shows the drastic influence of humans in the 20th century. Specifically, temperature remains essentially flat until about 1900, then rises dramatically like the upturned blade of a hockey stick. The work was also the first to add error bars to the historical temperatures and allow for regional reconstructions of temperature. Many prominent politicians and a variety of experts worldwide have stated that climate change is the globe’s largest environmental challenge. Some have stated that it constitutes a more powerful global threat than international terrorism. There is wide, but not universal, agreement from scientists. It is conceivable that warming temperatures could take the globe into uncharted territory; however, no scientist is able to predict how rapidly temperatures will rise and who will be most affected. It should be kept in mind that all life on earth exists only because of the natural greenhouse effect which is the capability of the atmosphere to retain the balanced quantum of heat for species to thrive.
A comprehensive analysis of global warming may be found at http://www.onebiosphere.com
Many scientists have studied this global phenomenon. For example, Dr. Michael Mann is known for the “hockey stick graph,” a plot of the past millennium’s temperature that shows the drastic influence of humans in the 20th century. Specifically, temperature remains essentially flat until about 1900, then rises dramatically like the upturned blade of a hockey stick. The work was also the first to add error bars to the historical temperatures and allow for regional reconstructions of temperature.

]]> By: adam http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2008/08/14/combining-coal-and-biomass-in-co-gasification/comment-page-1/#comment-56334 adam Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:52:38 +0000 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/?p=6650#comment-56334 We have a site (a china clay pit) that produces 20K tonnes/year of lignite (33% Lignite/33% water/33% clay. We are interested in co-firing this with biomass in a gasifier. Do you think this is possible/is the technology available? Regards Adam Carr MD Renergy Ltd. We have a site (a china clay pit) that produces 20K tonnes/year of lignite (33% Lignite/33% water/33% clay. We are interested in co-firing this with biomass in a gasifier. Do you think this is possible/is the technology available?

Regards
Adam Carr
MD Renergy Ltd.

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