A Cleaner Planet : What Do Know About Coal?

Imagine a world where the air is always clean, free of pollution. A place where children with asthma need not to worry of the air quality in the inner cities. A world where the energy produced to heat a home, turn on a light bulb, and charge your cellphone is always abundant and affordable. Doesn’t this world sound like a wonderful place? Turns out this world isn’t just a figment of the imagination. In fact, we are on the verge of a technological breakthrough that can take steps towards making this fantasy a reality. What is this innovation? It is Clean Coal Technology.

China produces half of the world’s coal, and 70% of china’s energy is produced by burning coal, about the same as Australia. China has burned about 3.8 Billion tons of before 2011, and the rest of the world has burnt 4.3. Coal burning produced about five billion tons of carbon dioxide in china in 2004.

We want instant gratification and coal fits the bill. I noted in my book review of Crude World that Peter Maass didn’t present a balanced picture of the oil industry; it was all bad. He was intended to highlight the negative aspect of our oil dependency. Big Coal is the same in that respect. It is hard to argue that coal hasn’t improved the lives of a great many people around the world, and we know a number of people who would argue that these improvements outweigh the negatives. Further, it is fair to say that the coal industry has come a long way in cleaning up their emission profile over the past few

Nowadays, coal is still one of the greatest used energy to generate power in so many countries. Using coal in electricity generation is 93% in South African, 87% in Poland, 79% in China, 78% in Australia, 45% in USA, 41% in Germany, 58% in Israel etc. (Coal & Electricity) From the data above, even the developed countries use coal to generate power as the main source. In many developed countries, energy generation is still based on coal as a long-term source. In recent years, although there is an increasing number of equipment using gas and wind to generate the power, it is still lower than the proportion of coal-fired power generation. The reason why most countries choose coal as a main source to generate electricity, is that there are many advantages in using coal to generate electricity. First of all, coal is the

Coal power is the cheapest fuel to power the ever growing population with Australian mining industry still putting in billions of dollars into a vast amount of coal projects never the less coal power is a fossil fuel, a fuel which takes hundreds of year to form so the future of coal is undetermined. Coal is a reliable power source but one of the many concern with coal is the mining process used to remove it from the ground. Ecological effects are developing worries for the industry, with the carbon emissions possibly contributing to global warming.

Many places are known for many things, and West Virginia is known for its coal. As much as a television remote needs batteries, West Virginia needed coal in its early statehood. Coal has recently been the subject of chaos in many circles around the state. Many believe we should bleed, breathe, and breed coal. While others realize that coal is dangerous and is on its way out the door. As everything else in the world coal has its Pro's and Con's. For example, coal is a cheaper alternative to creating heat which maintains electricity. Though you may pollute the air with a high concentrate of sulfur in which coal releases. As for me, I believe coal is on its deathbed and rightfully so. Coal has taken far too many lives, such, as young men, grandfathers,

Even people who do not develop illnesses from coal pollutants will find their health and wellbeing impacted due to coal's contribution to global warming. The discharge of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere associated with burning coal is a major contributor to global warming and its adverse effects on health and wellbeing worldwide, such as heat stroke, malaria, declining food production, scarce water supplies, social conflict and

Becuase it is a stable energy source there is no sudden scarcity (you can experience sudden scarcity with Natural Gas). The textbook says, “Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world. Every continent has coal, but almost two-thirds of known deposits occur in three countries- The United States, Russia, and China.” (Allison 161). Another reason is, there is plenty enough coal to last us for a long while. In December of 2014 there was 1.2 trillion short tons of coal in the United States. One last reason it is good for the environment is because it is good for foreign and developing countries. It is good for these countries because they produce lots of coal, especially Australia. Australia was big for its coal becuase it was produced by coal fired power

Carbon Dioxide is the leader in global warming. Coal is the world's biggest polluter. Yet we still use it as a power source. But coal plants also use enough water to let 1 billion people drink but that's doubled if we are counting the upcoming planned coal power plants.

“Every year, countries worldwide burn around 6.3 million metric tons of coal to generate electricity. The burning generated 80 percent of the worlds energy supply”

Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on the planet. It is a relatively cheap fuel, with some of the largest deposits in regions that are relatively stable politically, such as China, India and the United States. This contrasts with natural gas and petroleum, the largest deposits of which are located in the politically volatile Persian Gulf. Solid coal cannot directly replace natural gas or petroleum in most applications, petroleum is mostly used for transportationand the natural gas not used for electricity generation is used for space, water and industrial heating. Coal can be converted to gas or liquid fuel, but the efficiencies and economics of such processes can make them unfeasible.[citation needed] Vehicles or heaters may require modification to use coal-derived fuels. Coal can produce more pollution than petroleum or natural gas.

Climate change is world issue, especially as population increases and is expected to increase by nine billion by 2050. Over thirty-percent of Duke Energy’s energy sources is coal-fired power plants (“Coal Energy”, n.d.) Moreover, power plants or electric generation contribute over thirty percent of greenhouse emissions (“Understanding Global”, n.d.). Extracting and burning of coal release many emissions: carbon dioxide, methane, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and residues like bottom ash. All of which, contribute to climate change and the health of the environment and its biotic factors (“Coal and”, n.d.). Simply discussing that burning coal contributes to climate change will not change anything, therefore action must be taken and this proposal

After the industrial revolution, energy is urgently needed for both daily life and industries. For hundreds of years, human beings have relied on the consumption of energy. People not only cannot live without them but also have to increase the amount for their better living methods and better life quality. Problems come along with increasing energy, especially when the major part of the energy comes from burning coal. Pollution caused by excess burning of coal and trade problems caused by coal prices and coal reserves are so apparent that need to be addressed. However, the advantages of burning coal for energies are so clear for its cheaper

Coal is a cheap, yet harmful, fossil fuel for generating electricity and China is home to one of the world’s largest coal reserves. China burns four billion tons of coal each year, more than the United States, Europe, and Japan combined (Kahn and Yardley). Most homes, power plants, and factories run on energy from coal. In fact, 70% of China’s energy three quarters of electricity generation come from coal (Larson). These energy requirements are remarkably high because China must power its heavy industry plants. China’s steel-makers, for instance, use approximately one-fifth more energy per ton than the national average, and cement makers require 45% more power. Furthermore, the amount of energy consumed by the aluminum industry is comparable to the amount used by the entire country’s commercial sector (Kahn and Yardley).

Coal is the most abundant fuel resource in India. It is the prime source of energy and perhaps