Coal

Welcome to the Coal page!!! COAL IS AWESOME!
These are some of the animals that made fossil fuels such as coal!

Coal is an non-renewable resource. It is a black rock-like substance. Its components are made up of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, and various amounts of sulphur. There are 3 main types of coal, Anthracite, Bituminous, and Lignite. Graphite is also found in some coal and is used to make pencil lead. Some advantages of using coal is that large amounts of electricity can be generated in one place, coal also provides a lot of the world's energy. Such as being used to power trains and water. Coal is kind of cheap. It is only $71.25 per [|short ton.] Fossil fuel stations which also include coal are very efficient. Some disadvantages are that it pollutes by releasing carbon dioxide into the air, it also contributes to global warming, and it is a very dangerous job to be a coal miner. It gives off acid rain when burning coal and rain water, down comes poisonous water. Coal also provides 28% of energy in the world.

The worst thing that coal factories do is pollute. We think that is why coal factories have been being kept from being universally accepted. The three places you can get coal are shaft mines, slope mines, and drift mines. Some of the top consumers of coal are in places such as the United States, China, India, Russia, Japan, and Austrailia. Some coal deposit beds are deeper than a football field. Coal is found in 48 of the 50 states.

Coal

Some types of coal are sedimentary and one type can be metamorphic. Only Anthracite coal can become metamorphic rock because of the later exposure to heat and pressure. There are machines called shearers. They are used to cut through coal. The first time coal was ever used as fuel was by a greek scientist around 300 B.C. The romans also used coal. They melted Bituminous coal to make armor for themselves. And finally coal was also used in China around the 4th century for fuel too. The chinese using coal for fuel.

Coal is a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are remains of dead animals and plants that have been decomposed. There are three main types of fossil fuels. The three types are coal, oil, and natural gas. To learn about the different types of fossil fuels click the links to visit the pages.

By: Charles, Hersey, and Austin.