Coal

Underground, dark, warm, and damp is the work environment of a coal miner. Coal mining has been around since the 1300’s. Since then, technology has changed and is still booming in today’s society. It was approximately around the late 1800’s that coal became a significant resource in generating electricity. The differences in coal mining today and back then were tremendously different. Many men worked underground with just the light of a candle. It was very hot and damp underground. Working…

The coal mining industry in the late 1800s, especially in Colorado, was a rapidly growing industry. As fossil fuel technologies expanded, life became increasingly dependent on fossil fuels, and as a result, people became more reliant on coal as an energy source. However, without the introduction of the railroad, coal would have remained just a minor industry (Andrews 2008, 54). These railways made it possible to connect the coal production areas with the markets, and thus possible to bring coal…

As a fossil genre of ancient corrupting trees and plants, coal has played a critical role in every aspect of human life via burning itself to release a high level of energy. Since 2000, global coal consumption has grown faster than any other fuel. The five largest coal users- China, USA, India, Russia and Japan, account for 76% of total global coal use(WORLD COAL ASSOCIATION, 2015). So it can be seen that coal mining contributes effectively to the development of global industry and the growth of…

Coal mining and Nuclear energy is a battle of the ages in that one way of energy is the “old” way and the other, the “new and progressive” choice. Based on the criteria of transporting, risks, and environmental destruction, nuclear energy would take the crown. Transporting coal is a more severe issue than nuclear power rods, as it is a more common occurrence and tends to be more expensive and “dirtier” for the environment. Common ways of transportation for coal include the Great Lakes,…

Clean coal is a technology of greatly disputed value with some believing it is the way of the future while others believe it merely applies a band-aid to a gunshot wound. Clean coal technology is not the most economically or environmentally practical method of energy production causing me to advocate for the increased use of alternative technologies. Any technology that reduces the environmental impact of burning coal falls under the clean coal technologies umbrella (Halber, 2008, para. 1). The…

Why We Should Not Use Coal For Electricity In Monroe County In 1748 coal was first mined in Richmond, Virginia. Since then coal has been a fundamental source of energy for America, powering us through the 19th and 20th century. But times have changed, we have achieved greater technologies that are pollution free, safer, and renewable. Coal is the number one contributor of fossil fuel CO2 emissions. For every ton of coal burned 2.86 tons of CO2 are released. This in turn strengthens the…

Coal and Coal Seam Production and Use in Australia. Coal and coal seam gas (CSG) are both naturally occurring resources. They are both extracted from the ground by mining. Coal is burned to produce electricity in huge power plants. CSG can be cooled to produce liquefied natural gas, or the methane gas can used to power electricity generators. The mining of coal in order to produce electricity has advantages and disadvantages, which divide the opinions of society. The same can be said for the…

took place until the mid-1800s, although coal was known to be throughout much of the state.” At that time coal usage in West Virginia was mainly for heating living quarters or for retail markets such as a blacksmiths. The inhabitants of Wheeling, West Virginia used coal to heat their homes in 1810, and the “first steamboat to use coal on the Ohio River. In the beginning, local inhabitants would surface mined the coal, using picks and shovels to dig the coal out and taken away for their own use…

Reducing the coal consumption for the energy plants in favor of alternative renewable energy would decrease the harmful effects of the energy producing material. Emissions from coal burning power plants which provides energy for millions, but also assists the global warming problem this itself is enough to look for other alternatives energy. Water uses and pollution provides another negative outcome of the coal mining industry, which uses excess of water to in the production process. Through the…

events and personas with a comical slant. ‘Proving That is Easy to Produce Clean Coal’ was a political cartoon by the authors affiliated with Inkcinct. This cartoon was published in The Australian on the 2nd of February 2017. It was used against the Turnbull Government when the Liberal – National Coalition announced that it would be easy to produce clean coal while having a beneficial profit to loss ratio. Turnbull’s clean coal approach was announced without scientific theory and in contrasted…