Is Coal A Nonrenewable Energy Source?

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Coal is used around the world as one of the most popular energy sources. It is used in multiple different ways such as, most of the energy used in the United States and used in large quantities in factories to run machines (.orrg). Though coal is used in everyday life without even being known most of the time, it doesn’t mean that it will always be around. Coal is known are a nonrenewable source, which an energy source that once it is depleted it will take thousands of years to rebuild because the consumption rate of coal is much quicker than the premlemishing rate (Charis, 2016). As a nonrenewable energy source and the rate that it is being consumed, it will not be around in 100 years, unless other action is taken. According to Evans with

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