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They are encouraging drillers to use tainted coal mine water to hydraulically fracture gas wells in the Marcellus Shale formation, with the twin goals of diverting pollution from streams and rivers that now run orange with mine drainage and reducing the drillers' reliance on fresh sources of water.
WSJ: Pa. pushes drillers to frack with coal mine water
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Coal beds often double as aquifers, and to remove the gas thousands of gallons of water (which trap it in the coal) must be got out first.
ECONOMIST: Energy supplies
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Solar panels produce electricity, which we otherwise get from coal, natural gas, uranium, and water, through big hydroelectric dams in the west.
FORBES: Why Is This So Hard? Solar Power Doesn't Replace Oil
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However, the installed base of solar thermal electricity generation uses twice the water as coal and five times the amount as gas-fired plants.
FORBES: Water Shortages May Leave Energy Producers Dying of Thirst
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This is the same gas responsible for recent coal mine accidents, and it can infiltrate the water reservoir if there is too much pumping, which creates a pressure draw down.
FORBES: Slurring Natural Gas With Flaming Faucets And Other Propaganda
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According to the World Policy Institute, coal-and-oil-fired power plants consume roughly twice the water than that of gas-fired facilities while nuclear generation needs three times that of natural gas.
FORBES: Water Shortages May Leave Energy Producers Dying of Thirst
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Green aficionados are familiar with the statistic that the sun bathes the Earth in trillions of barrels of energy (in oil equivalent terms), and less familiar with the fact that total known hydrocarbon resources are also countable in the trillions of barrels (from the oil-sands and ultra-deep-water sub-salt fields, to methane hydrates and coal, not to mention shale gas).
FORBES: Steve Forbes Is Wrong
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We can boil water with natural gas just fine, and without all the destructive effects that using coal causes.
FORBES: Maine Wind Project Wins $102 Million U.S. Loan Guarantee
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Located just south of Capitol Hill, the plant burns 47% coal, 43% natural gas and 10% fuel oil to provide steam power and chilled water to the Capitol and 23 surrounding buildings.
FORBES: Magazine Article