How many people know what "mine mouth" pollution means?

Question

If so, does anyone know what the trade-off ratios are between mine mouth pollution and tailpipe pollution?

Answer 1

Not sure what "Mine Mouth" pollution is... if it the pollution from burning coal (power plants located at the "mine's mouth") then the trade off (assuming the power is used in electric cars) is a huge amount of pollution at one location (possible treatment there also?) verses smaller amounts (but huge number of sources) spread out over a larger area. In anything there are always trade offs... Even going Nuclear is a trade off...

Answer 2

I do.  The ratio is very small.

Answer 3

Being in the mining trade yes i know what it means.

Tree hugger definition for mine mouth pollution is any thing that comes out of a mine.

What comes out of a car. train or a tunnel for water. the same thing.

In fact  car tunnels have more pollution coming out then most mines. mostly tailpipe pollution.

Mine mouth pollution is a treehugger scare term.

The mining industry is highly controled by the EPA and other  gov rules on what may come out of a mine in the form of pollution.

In fact without mines you would not have pollution control equipment.

You also would not have cars, power plants, computers or most anything.that use

Without mines you would be back in the stone age.

With that i can now answer your question money wise mine mouth pollution is very very very little compared to tailpipe pollution.

less then point .1% of tail pipe pollution.

I will bet that is not what you wanted.

but that is what you asked