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6. Oil
Oil is a very convenient source of energy because it is concentrated (9 to 13 kWh/kg, compared with 5 to 9 kWh/kg for coal). It's a liquid that's easy to transport and use. Burning oil generates less CO 2 than coal (figure 7 ). It also emits fewer pollutants than the latter. For example, an old power plant burning heavy fuel oil discharges an average of 4.7 Mt of CO 2 , 90,000 t of SO 2 if the fuel oil is not desulfurized, 6,000 t of NO ...
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French Environment and Energy Management Agency http://www.ademe.fr
International Energy Agency http://www.iea.org
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