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Coal

Energy for the Future

Committee on the Strategic Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy's Coal Program

Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1995

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NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Strategic Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Coal Program.

Coal: energy for the future / Committee on the Strategic Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy’s coal program.

p. cm.

John P. Longwell, chair; Edward S. Rubin, vice-chair.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Coal—United States. 2. Coal—Government policy—United States. I. Longwell, John P. II. Rubin, Edward S. III. Title.

TP326.U6N385 1995

333.8'215'0973—dc20 95-4378

CIP

Printed in the United States of America

Cover photograph courtesy of NASA.

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COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S COAL PROGRAM^*

JOHN P. LONGWELL, Chair, Professor Emeritus,

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

EDWARD S. RUBIN, Vice-Chair, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Public Policy, and Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies,

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MORREL H. COHEN, Senior Scientific Advisor,

Corporate Research Science Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey

A. DENNY ELLERMAN, Executive Director,

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

ROBERT D. HALL, General Manager,

Alternative Feedstock Development Department, Amoco Corporation, Naperville, Illinois

JOHN W. LARSEN, Professor,

Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

PETER T. LUCKIE, Associate Dean for Research,

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

MAURICE D. McINTOSH, Vice President,

Fossil/Hydro Generation, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina

GEORGE T. PRESTON, Vice President,

Generation, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California

ERIC H. REICHL, Consultant,

Princeton, New Jersey

LARRY D. WOODFORK, Director and State Geologist,

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia

JOHN M. WOOTTEN, Vice President,

Engineering and Environmental Services, Peabody Holding Company, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri

Liaisons from the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

LARRY PAPAY, Vice President and Manager of Research and Development,

Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, California

HAROLD H. SCHOBERT, Chairman,

Fuel Sciences Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Project Staff

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Senior Program Officer

JILL WILSON, Study Director

WENDY ORR, Project Assistant

ANN COVALT, Consulting Editor

^*	Martha W. Gilliland, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Arizona, Tucson, served on the committee from October 1993 through April 1994.

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BOARD ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

H. M. (HUB) HUBBARD, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer,

Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Honolulu, Hawaii

RICHARD A. MESERVE, Vice-Chair, Partner,

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

STEPHEN D. BAN, President and Chief Executive Officer,

Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois

ROBERT D. BANKS, Program Director,

Technology and Environment, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.

ALLEN J. BARD, Professor,

Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin

BARBARA R. BARKOVICH, Partner,

Barkovich and Yap,

Consultants,

San Rafael, California

JAN BEYEA, Chief Scientist,

National Audubon Society, New York, New York

DAVID E. DANIEL, L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professor of Civil Engineering,

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

LINDA C. DOLAN, Staff Environmental Officer,

Martin Marietta, Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Florida

FRANCOIS HEUZE, Head,

Geotechnical Programs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

ROBERT L. HIRSCH, Consultant,

Washington, D.C.

CHARLES D. KOLSTAD, Professor,

Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara

JANE C.S. LONG, Staff Scientist,

Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

S. L. (CY) MEISEL, Vice President,

Research (Retired), Mobil R&D Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey

SHLOMO NEUMAN, Regent's Professor,

Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson

THOMAS D. O'ROURKE, Professor,

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

LARRY T. PAPAY, Vice President and Manager of Research and Development,

Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, California

RUTH A. RECK, Director,

Global Climate Change Program, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

MARC H. ROSS, Professor,

Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

HAROLD H. SCHOBERT, Chairman,

Fuel Sciences Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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JOEL SPIRA, Chairman and Director of Research,

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, Pennsylvania

JON M. VEIGEL, President,

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Liaisons for the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

JOHN A. TILLINGHAST, President,

Tiltec, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

JOHN B. WACHTMAN, JR., Sosman Professor of Ceramics,

Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

Board on Energy and Environmental Systems Staff

SUSANNA CLARENDON, Administrative Assistant

THERON FEIST, Project Assistant

HELEN JOHNSON, Administrative Associate

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director

AMELIA MATHIS, Project Assistant

WENDY ORR, Project Assistant

JILL WILSON, Program Officer

TRACY WILSON, Senior Program Officer

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Senior Program Officer

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