Source 8

Reidy, Heath. "Burying the problem: British firms are in the vanguard of carbon capture
technology and are ready to help clean up the country with the world's dirtiest
air."Professional Engineering Magazine

14 Jan. 2009: 20+. Academic OneFile

. Web. 11
Oct. 2016.
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Intended audience: Environmentalists and engineers
What arguments/topics does this source discuss?: This source discusses Chinas desire
to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that the countrys power plants emit into the
atmosphere. British energy firms have advised China to invest in carbon capturing and
storage techniques, which essentially capture the carbon emissions in the atmosphere and
transport it underground. In addition, the energy firms suggested the implementation of
clean coal technology, which strips coal of its toxic impurities and synthesizes the
resulting clean fuel with oxygen. Hopefully in the next decade, China will switch to clean
coal technology in order to reduce the amount of harmful greenhouse gases emitted into
the air.
Minimum 3 quotes, paraphrases, summaries of source text that seem likely to be
helpful in future writing:
Now the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, China plans to create low-carbon
development zones across its cities to usher in a cleaner future and encourage
international companies to develop eco-friendly technology including clean coal.
Clean coal technology can use various techniques to remove carbon dioxide from the
fuel gas before it leaves the cooling tower. Rather than being released into the
atmosphere, the harmful elements are transported and stored underground in the carbon
capture and storage (CCS) process.
Mike Farley, director of technology policy liaison at Doosan Babcock, says: China is
being targeted because as much as 70% of their electricity comes from coal. Our
technology should help to reduce [by] 90% carbon dioxide from any power station to
which it is fitted.