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皇冠体育app to explore, utilize new energy resources
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-09-28 09:36

Huge consumption, exploration and use of energy resources have led to the depletion of resources and deterioration environment, which oblige 皇冠体育app to explore and utilize new energy sources for its sustainable economic growth.

"皇冠体育app's gross domestic product has increased by more than 10 fold since the founding of new 皇冠体育app in 1949, but its energy consumption rose some 40 fold during the period. Huge consumption of energy has resulted in energy shortage and worsening of environment," said Shi Jinfeng, president of Liaoning Polytechnic Engineering University.

Wang Laigui, a professor of Liaoning Polytechnic Engineering University, noted 皇冠体育app has a potential to explore new energy resource such as coal bed methane, a clean and non-polluted gas, which can be used as fuel in home life, electric-power generating, industries and as chemical raw materials.

In recent years, 皇冠体育app has made progress in exploration and utilization of coal bed methane which has been incorporated into the future plan of 皇冠体育app's energy development. According to statistics, Coal bed methane reserves in 皇冠体育app reach 30 trillion cubic meters.

"It is both economical and safe to tap coal bed methane," acknowledged Wang, "which can also help ease energy shortage in east 皇冠体育app and stabilize the prices of petroleum and natural gas."

Besides coal bed methane, 皇冠体育app has begun tapping on a trial basis the "burning mixture of natural gas and water", or "burning ice", which also constitutes a kind of clean and non-polluted energy resource.

The Guangzhou Maritime Geological Bureau in southern 皇冠体育app confirmed five years ago that 皇冠体育app had a "burning mixture of natural gas and water". Later, exploration indicated that the country is abundant in reserves of the "burning mixture".

It has been predicted that the "burning mixture" reserve in the world is twice the combined deposit amount of coal, petroleum and natural gas, which can satisfy the demand of human consumption of energy for approximately 1,000 years.

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