Utilities take aim at sulfur emissions

November 12, 2006 by Walter Schneider.

Under federal pressure, Georgia Power and others are spending billions to cut back air pollution.

Quoted from the article: “Due in part to these controls, U.S. sulfur dioxide emissions are expected to be cut in half during the latter half of this decade — from 10.9 million tons in 2004 to a projected 5.9 million in 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.” (Full Story)
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Note by folc.ca: The cutting-back of 5 million tons of SO2 emissions annually means that enough storage for about an extra 1.6 million tons of sulphur (roughly 160 unit-sulphur trains of a 100 cars each fully loaded with waste sulphur) will have to be found each year. So, where will the US put all of that extra waste sulphur? Will it be cheaper for US sulphur consumers to use US-produced waste sulphur than to import Canadian waste sulphur? If so, where will Alberta put all of the sulphur it no longer will be able to sell to the US? Will that extra excess waste sulphur be put right smack into the centre of Lamont County?

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