Furthermore, the possible replacements for coal - wind and solar power in particular - are incurably intermittent and therefore cannot be used for baseload capacity.

此外，可能替代煤炭的能源，特别是风能和太阳能，仍无法解决缺乏持续性的问题，因此不能被用作基载电力(网上看到的一个解释是：能24小时全天候供电的电力系统)。

youdao

Europe's power station owners emphasize that they are making the new coal plants as clean as possible.

欧洲的电站业主强调，他们正最大限度的将新建的燃煤电厂的污染降至最低。

youdao

Sure, it's possible that the US (and maybe some members of the EU) could give up coal.

当然了，美国（或许某些欧盟成员国）可能放弃使用燃煤。

youdao

Pick the right combination of ions to make your solvent and it is possible to dissolve coal, a wide range of plastics, many metals and even some rocks.

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With respect to clean coal technology, it is not possible at this point to completely eliminate coal from the menu of our energy options.

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By contrast, Mitt Romney had favored a cap-and-trade system while he was governor of Massachusetts but he has since changed his mind and has done everything possible to curry favor with coal constituencies.

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