Coal is a valuable and plentiful natural global resource
Not only does coal provide electricity, it is also an essential fuel for steel and cement production, and other industrial activities.
Coal is a combustible, sedimentary, organic rock, which is composed mainly of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It is formed from vegetation, which has been consolidated between other rock strata and altered by the combined effects of pressure and heat over millions of years to form coal seams. Coal is a fossil fuel and is far more plentiful than oil or gas, with around 118 years of coal remaining worldwide.
The Middle East has the oil, but the U.S. has the coal.
CBS News and The Energy Department confirm it.
The last three Presidents all agree on the significance of coal for jobs, life, and the foreseeable future.
Coal is one of the cheapest and most important sources of energy:
As the global economy adjusts to the current economic conditions, let us assure you, domestic coal mining and production represents outstanding opportunities for growth, innovation, and profitability well into the 21st century.
Coal is responsible for almost a quarter of the global energy production:
Coal Energy is the worlds only known future, Solar power was introduced in the 1960′s, unfortunately it provides not even .01% of the worlds consumption. Alternative energy has decades of innovation and advancement to make even the smallest dent on the growing consumption use that the world demands. Coal Energy is as safe as a bet as the sun coming up tomorrow.
THE WORLD DEPENDS ON ENERGY in the form of coal.
Fossil fuels improve your quality of life by having so many uses. This fuel enables you to get where you need to go, supply products you need, and they create jobs. Without coal, quality of life would decline and people in developing nations would not be able to improve their standard of living. Coal continues to be an essential enabler of the Industrial Revolution playing an important part in the lynchpin industries of Cement and Steel. It will also continue to be the largest source of electricity production until renewable energy costs become sufficiently low to compete with thermal production.
AT HOME IN THE U.S.
The United States is the largest energy consumer in terms of total use, using 100 quadrillion BTUs in 2005. This is three times the consumption by the United States in 1950. The U.S. ranks seventh in energy consumption per-capita after Canada and a number of small countries. The vast majority of this energy is derived from fossil fuels: in 2005, it was estimated that 40% of the nation’s energy came from petroleum, 23% from coal, and 23% from natural gas, Nuclear power supplied 8.4% and renewable energy supplied 7.3%, which was mainly from hydroelectric dams although other renewables are included such as wind power, geothermal and solar energy. As of 2011, coal consumption is the highest it has ever been, with coal mostly being used to generate electricity.
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