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Addressing Coal Fires

Posted on September 05, 2008

This article was was written by Alex Steffen in February 2006. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.Here's a problem I didn't know existed. are underground fires that burn in coal mines and seams. In China alone, they may spew as much CO2 into the atmosphere as all the cars in the US.These fires are exceedingly difficult to put out. Indeed, some well-known ones have been burning for decades.Finding a way to put out coal fires and prevent new ones would seem to me to be an area where some worldchanging innovation could yield profound benefits for everyon...

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china , climate change , co2 , german