1. Coal Hard Facts Chapter 5 Myriah Santistevan

2. Demand of Electricity Increase in Energy between 1990-2007 o Oil by 25.3% o Coal by 42.5% End Coal o “Red-headed stepchild of the modern business” o Premature Deaths (London, China) o Wide-spread use of mountaintop-removal mining o Pollution Acid rain Airborne Particles High levels of Mercury Lead (176000 lbs) Chromium (161000 lbs) Arsenic (100000 lbs)

3. Electricity Generation Biggest Increase Between 1990-2007 o China (452%) o Indonesia (353%) o United Arab Emirates (352%) o Malaysia (321%) o Qatar (307%) o Global increased by 70% o U.S. electric output rose 35.5% Highest Per-Capita Electricity Consumption o Iceland o Norway o Finland o Canada o Qatar

4. Electricity Generation Lowest Energy Consumption o Gaza o Chad o Burundi o Central African Republic o Rwanda Much of the new power is generated with coal “To help bring people out of poverty we need to help them increase the amount of electricity they generate and distribute.”-Alan Pasternak

5. Not controlled by an organization like Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries The US is adding coal-firing capacity at a rate that is far greater than the rates for wind and solar capacity (1995-2008) o Coal-284,959,000 additional megawatt hours per year o Wind-48,862,000 megawatt hours per year o Solar-346,000 megawatt hours per year Coal Production is Increasing

6. Questions?

7. My Questions Name two types of pollution that coal gives off. What is coal known as in the business world?