One way to examine whether this is the case is to investigate whether the administrative expenditures in coal-rich local governments are higher than their coal-poor counterpart areas.
Asphalt-based sealers are considered less effective and durable for some surfaces because they are less resistant to petroleum-based products, ultraviolet light, and salts than their coal tar based counterparts, says Anne LeHuray, executive director of the Pavement Coatings Technology Council, which represents about 20 manufacturers that make both types of products.
Given that the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations are lower in capital cost and carbon intensity than their coal-fired counterparts, natural gas fired power stations are considered a vital part of the transition to a low carbon economy.
All this got me thinking about another version of history: e.g. U.S. history through its alcohol, with all this distilling, mixing and drinking comprising a proud American industry that has outlasted many of its counterparts: coal, say, and whale oil and cars.
In the battle for money from Washington, solar lobbyists say they are outgunned by their counterparts representing coal, corn and the atom.
But, like their Chinese counterparts, Australian coal companies staged strong gains, with Centennial Coal surging 8.2%, to A$3.45 $3.077), and Macarthur Coal adding 10.6%, to A$10.25 $9.111).
And President Obama himself, while mapping out a plan to double this nation's supply of renewable energy in the next three years, is still beholden to the chimera of "clean coal," its devastating extraction counterparts and dirty coal's underlining role in the silent tsunami of climate destabilization.
Another study, published by a prominent American science journal in July, found that northern Chinese lived five fewer years on average than their southern counterparts because of the widespread use of coal in the north.
In two celebrated passages, he describes with pride the monsters he created: Behemoth and Leviathan, Behemoth's counterpart in the sea: "His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth".
The term cafe seems excessively elegant for the one-room hovels heated by coal stoves that are NG Cafe's lower-end counterparts and where customers generally pay about 50 cents an hour and play for hours on end.
