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NEW SYNERGIES
“Buffalo’s Concept”
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Zero waste for energy through Carlo Coltri tion from coal to gas, therefore reducing
the CO emissions over the last years.
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potential new synergies According to EIA (Monthly Energy review
2021) “natural gas, which emits about
between different technologies he picture 1 shows a con- half the amount of CO as coal, is being
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crete sign of the contami-
used more extensively due to its lower pri-
nated landscape from shale ce and is displacing coal-fired generation,
gas extraction with hydrau- while petroleum-fired electricity generation
lic fracking. Surely this continues to be retired.” Normally CO
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T technology had a negative emissions grow when economy grows.
impact on landscape and water under- The graph below is the only case in history
ground; there is a huge use of fresh water with a mismatch between GDP growth (as
and further need of waste water treatment it was for the US in the last years) and CO
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of the flowback. emissions in the US.
On the other hand, the shale gas revolu-
tion reduced a lot the cost of gas in the US Picture 1 is a shame for the environment
with a consequent shift of power genera- but it can be seen as an opportunity for a
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