Pros And Cons Of Coal

Coal is one of this world’s source of energy and it is also a fossil fuel that is nonrenewable. Coal is considered a fossil fuel because it is from vegetation that grew years ago. It is burnt to produce electricity. Coal is one of many was that electricity is generated in the United States. Some ingredients in coal are used to make plastic, fertilizers, medicines, and tar. The United States, Russia, India, and China uses coal a lot. It impacts the environment, both positively and negatively.
Coal has had a good effect economically, it has provides a lot of jobs for people. Using coal to produce energy has some benefits to it. There is an abundant supply of coal around the world which is good because the big countries in the world use coal …show more content…
Coal burning affects the environment in a bad way. It produces gases like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide and mercury which adds to pollution to the environment. When sulfur dioxide is in the air it then becomes sulfuric acid, when is the main component of acid rain. The burning of coal also makes a massive amount of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas which is a cause of global warming and climate change. Coal has to be mined which creates dust that floats around the air near the mine. The miners have a risk of breathing in the particles from the dust and that can clog up their airways to the lungs. Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis is also known as black lung disease is very common among coal miners because of how much exposure they have to coal dust. China is one of the world’s largest producers of coal and they have the most deaths due to coal production. According to New York Times, “Burning coal has the worst health impact of any source of air pollution in China and caused 366,000 premature deaths in 2013.” China is one of the biggest countries in the world and their population is still growing, which means more resources like coal will be used. The death rates in coal production areas will increase over the