ISP 203A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hydrogen Sulfide, Anthracite, Stream Protection Rule

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Non-renewable aspects of coal: why coal is both a fossil fuel and non-renewable, us is a net exporter, we export more energy than we import, surfacing mining technique (mtm, emissions from burning coal. U. s. electricity flow: 2016 (23. 83/38. 52) x 100 = 62: sources of u. s. electricity generation 2016, natural gas: 34, coal. Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. Coal is a non-renewable fossil fuel created from remains of plants that lived 100-400 million years ago. How coal was formed: over millions of years, plants were buried under water and dirt, heat and pressure turned the dead plants into coal, (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t fully de(cid:272)o(cid:373)posed. Between 2000 and 2010 about 5% of the coal. Top 5 coal producing states: wyoming, west virginia, kentucky, illinois, pennsylvania. Extracting coal: 30 year increase in surface mining, dominant, 1.

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