首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
One big plus of the House bill is the incentives it contains for a little-known technology called cogeneration. This is a method
One big plus of the House bill is the incentives it contains for a little-known technology called cogeneration. This is a method
admin
2015-09-30
21
问题
One big plus of the House bill is the incentives it contains for a little-known technology called cogeneration. This is a method of using waste heat to generate power, and it has enormous potential.
Power plants, factories and refineries vent steam and hot gases through smokestacks. All that wasted heat is wasted energy. By putting a recovery device in the stack and using the steam to drive a turbine, one can generate electricity to send back into the factory or to the power grid. A 2005 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study of 16 major industries found enough waste heat to generate 96,000 megawatts of power, which is nearly a fifth of nationwide electricity demand. Another method of cogeneration is to build a mini-plant, usually fueled by natural gas, to power large industrial or commercial properties; a single flame generates electricity and heats the buildings while cutting out transmission costs. Both methods dramatically reduce power consumption and thus emissions.
Cogeneration is attracting increasing notice, but it still faces high hurdles. Utilities see the entrepreneurs who build cogeneration plants as competitors and often structure their rates to nullify savings for companies that recycle power. Further, in some states it’s illegal for anyone other than a utility to sell electricity. The House energy bill rightly improves access to the power grid for cogeneration facilities and sets up a loan fund to encourage recycled energy in public buildings, but more should be done, such as creation of an investment tax credit for cogeneration plants.
Undoubtedly there is a limit to conservation--at some point, it will become prohibitively expensive to keep making refrigerators 5% more efficient every year—but the amount of power that could still be saved using existing technologies is staggering. Lawrence Berkeley researcher Hashem Akbari estimates the savings from a simple fix like requiring white roofs, which would reflect sunlight and therefore lower cooling costs, at more than $ 1 billion a year nationwide.
Fighting global warming doesn’t have to derail the economy, or even slow it much. Some of the costs of the expensive fixes, such as developing renewable power, capturing carbon from coal-burning plants and refining better bio-fuels, can be offset by the savings from efficiency measures such as better insulation, tougher fuel economy standards and appliances that suck less power. The right combination of saving energy and investing in new forms will pay dividends for the world.
The author suggests that utilities are______.
选项
A、unwilling to see the development of cogeneration
B、glad to have cogeneration plants as their competitors
C、in favor of the House energy bill to improve cogeneration
D、in cooperation with cogeneration plants to supply electricity
答案
A
解析
根据第三段前两句“Cogeneration is attracting increasing notice,but it still faces high hurdles.Utilities…often structure their rates to nullify savings for companies that recycle power”,A应为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/8PzZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Inthelasttenyears,theInternethasopenedupincredibleamountsofinformationtoordinarycitizens.ButusingtheInternet
Theremarkableprogressofscienceandtechnologyinthe20thcenturyhasbroughtenormousbenefitstohumankind.Longandhealt
Theremarkableprogressofscienceandtechnologyinthe20thcenturyhasbroughtenormousbenefitstohumankind.Longandhealt
TheInternetRemadeSpyingProfessionWildBillDonovanwouldhavelovedtheInternet.TheAmericanspymasterwhobuiltthe
ThedealagreedonThursdaylookspromisinginthat______.Thenewpackageofmeasuresisinevitablyacomplicatedonedueto
Agreatmanycreatureshavewhatarecalledwarningcolours,thatistosay,thecolourationwarnseverycreaturethattheanima
Agreatmanycreatureshavewhatarecalledwarningcolours,thatistosay,thecolourationwarnseverycreaturethattheanima
Agreatmanycreatureshavewhatarecalledwarningcolours,thatistosay,thecolourationwarnseverycreaturethattheanima
随机试题
下列选项中,不属于垄断竞争的特征的是()
A.肛门旁皮下脓肿B.坐骨肛管间隙脓肿C.骨盆直肠间隙脓肿D.直肠后间隙脓肿E.盆腔脓肿直肠前壁隆起,波动压痛
检查牙周组织的重要标志是()
甲公司于2000年3月为其生产的酸奶注册了“乐乐”商标.该商标经过长期使用.在公众中享有较高声誉。2004年8月,同一地域销售牛奶的乙公司将“乐乐”登记为商号并突出宣传使用.容易使公众产生误认。下列哪种说法是正确的?(2006年卷三第20题)
建设项目在主体工程开工之前,必须完成各项施工准备工作,其主要工作内容不包括()。
填方应( )进行并尽量采用同类土填筑。
发包人或者工程师签认的签证可以作为索赔的()。
某公司在2×11年6月30日购入一台不需要安装即可使用的生产用动产设备,价值为600万元,预计净残值为0,预计使用寿命为5年,该公司对该设备采用年数总和法计提折旧。假定该固定资产未发生减值,不考虑其他因素。2×13年该公司对该设备计提的折旧金额为(
立法监督是()。
Duringthelast15years,theEarth’ssurfacetemperatureroseatarateof0.04°Cadecade,farslowerthanthe0.18℃increase
最新回复
(
0
)