India’s coal powered power plants produce about 60% of all
electricity in the country. There are
111 plants and no regulations on pollution besides particle size. The coal used by these power plants is lower
quality than the US and other countries use so more pollution is created because
more coal has to be burned to produce the same amount of energy. The study
stated that about 115,000 premature deaths are caused by coal power plants in
India each year. This is mostly children
and the elderly more easily affected by air pollution. There are almost no laws regulating pollution
from the power plants. Sulfur dioxide
and nitrogen dioxide are burned in the coal and released into the air without
any attempt at preventing these toxic chemicals from flowing freely through the
air. In the future, many more power
plants plan to be built and unless regulations are in place than the air
pollution will kill many more per year.
India’s energy situation is at a very critical stage. People are affected everyday by air pollution
and coal power plants are a key reason for the pollution. A greener energy would benefit the people of
India especially with so many coal powered plants to be built in the near future. Less pollution would prevent a good portion
of pollution. But changing to a greener
energy would be very expensive and India being behind schedule as a developing
nation would put them even farther behind.
Regulations to help make the power plants control what is released into
the air. The technologies needed are
already used in many places around the world.
It would be expensive but it would be necessary to help the air
pollution situation in India.
Russell Remy
March 24, 2013
6:54pm
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