Pollution
Reduce Pollution
- Inefficient power plants pour millions of tons of pollutants into the atmosphere, land and water.
If a quarter of the 20% loss associated with coal-fired generation could be displaced through the installation of HTS transmission and distribution, it would preclude the emission of 131 million tons of CO2, 24,232 tons of NO, and 846,000 tons of SO2 annually (1995) based on today's coal plant technology.
An equivalent, additional amount of reduction would occur when HTS-based electric motors and generators are fully implemented. A reduction of 262 million tons of CO2 converts to an annual saving of 26 million tons of carbon equivalent.
Converting the carbon equivalent to a 50% fixed carbon coal results in a reduction of 52 million tons of coal yearly.
And remember, electricity use is increasing exponentially year by year.
This is the promise of Superconductivity
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