1. The answer to all our problems!
Coal Fuel
The answer to all our problems!

2. Definition and Basic Info
Coal Fuel is fossil fuel deprived from plants
4 different types of coal
Anthracite, Bituminous, Subbituminous, Lignite
Anthracite= Highest carbon content
Lignite= Lowest carbon content

3. Location The top four coal mining states (in order)
Montana 25% of US coal
Illinois 16.5 of US coal
Wyoming 14.4 of US coal
West Virginia 8.0 of US coal

4. Benefits Cheapest source of energy American made no need for import
Gives the states a lot of money
Provides 56% of US energy
Provides jobs

5. Environmental Effects
Burning Coal release toxins
Burning coal releases large amount of co2
Mining for coal ruins environment
Mining for coal makes water sources scarce
Mining for coal effects wild life habitat and removes homes

6. Uses of Coal Electricity generation Steel production
Cement Manufacturing
Liquid fuel
Heating homes

7. Costs Global Warming Reduction of crop fields
If around it often it can cause asthma attacks
If around it often it can cause cancer
If around it often it can cause heart failure

8. Laws Noise Control Act Clean Air Act Bald Eagle protection act
Farmland protection act
Wilderness Act

9. Facts Coal is the worlds largest source of energy
In 2006 the world consumed 6,000,000,000,000 kilograms of coal
The coal we’re using today is almost 3 million years old
Coal is the official state mineral of Kentucky
The United states has 245 year- supply's of coal

10. Work Cited http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/coal.aspx
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