Beyond fracking

• Autores: Fred Pearce
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2956, 2014, págs. 36-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A subterranean world of previously ignored reserves is about to be opened up. These are the vast coal deposits that have proved unreachable by conventional mining, along with gas deposits around them. To the horror of anyone concerned about climate change, modern miners want to set fire to these deep coal seams and capture the gases this creates for industry and power generation. Some say this will provide energy security for generations to come. Others warn that it's a whole new way to fry the planet. Here, Pearce discusses the Dantean inferno of underground coal gasification.