The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study
In many circles, brown coal continues to be viewed as a cheap source of energy, resulting in numerous investments in new opencast brown coal mines. Such a perception of brown coal energy is only possible if the external costs associated with mining and burning coal are not considered. In past studie...
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| description | In many circles, brown coal continues to be viewed as a cheap source of energy, resulting in numerous investments in new opencast brown coal mines. Such a perception of brown coal energy is only possible if the external costs associated with mining and burning coal are not considered. In past studies, external cost analysis has focused on the external costs of coal burning and associated emissions. This paper focuses on the extraction phase and assesses the external costs to agriculture associated with the resulting depression cone. This paper discusses the difficulties researchers face in estimating agricultural losses resulting from the development of a depression cone due to opencast mineral extraction. In the case of brown coal, the impacts are of a geological, natural-climatic, agricultural-productive, temporal, and spatial nature and result from a multiplicity of interacting factors. Then, a methodology for counting external costs in crop production was proposed. The next section estimates the external costs of crop production arising from the operation of opencast mines in the Konin-Turek brown coal field, which is located in central Poland. The analyses conducted showed a large decrease in grain and potato yields and no effect of the depression cone on sugar beet levels. Including the estimated external costs in the cost of producing electricity from mined brown coal would significantly worsen the profitability of that production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9589a8592e044cfb6802c56cfa3a1752023-11-21T13:29:45ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-03-01147191710.3390/en14071917The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological StudyBenedykt Pepliński0Wawrzyniec Czubak1Department of Law and Enterprise Management in Agribusiness, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Economics and Economic Policy in Agribusiness, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, PolandIn many circles, brown coal continues to be viewed as a cheap source of energy, resulting in numerous investments in new opencast brown coal mines. Such a perception of brown coal energy is only possible if the external costs associated with mining and burning coal are not considered. In past studies, external cost analysis has focused on the external costs of coal burning and associated emissions. This paper focuses on the extraction phase and assesses the external costs to agriculture associated with the resulting depression cone. This paper discusses the difficulties researchers face in estimating agricultural losses resulting from the development of a depression cone due to opencast mineral extraction. In the case of brown coal, the impacts are of a geological, natural-climatic, agricultural-productive, temporal, and spatial nature and result from a multiplicity of interacting factors. Then, a methodology for counting external costs in crop production was proposed. The next section estimates the external costs of crop production arising from the operation of opencast mines in the Konin-Turek brown coal field, which is located in central Poland. The analyses conducted showed a large decrease in grain and potato yields and no effect of the depression cone on sugar beet levels. Including the estimated external costs in the cost of producing electricity from mined brown coal would significantly worsen the profitability of that production.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/7/1917external costopencast ligniteplant productiondepression funnelcerealssugar beet |
| spellingShingle | Benedykt Pepliński Wawrzyniec Czubak The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study Energies external cost opencast lignite plant production depression funnel cereals sugar beet |
| title | The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study |
| title_full | The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study |
| title_short | The Influence of Opencast Lignite Mining Dehydration on Plant Production—A Methodological Study |
| title_sort | influence of opencast lignite mining dehydration on plant production a methodological study |
| topic | external cost opencast lignite plant production depression funnel cereals sugar beet |
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