Coal+Energy

• The USA consumes about 1.0 billion tons of coal each year, using 90% of it for generation of electricity. • • an average of 21,351 injuries per year over the last 10 years(United States) • In the United States in 2006, 47 miners lost their lives at work in coal mining • Chronic lung diseases, such as pneumoconiosis (black lung) 4000 new cases of black lung every year in the USA (4% of workers annually) • Aprx 10,000 deaths annually world wide • When Mined coal comes in contact with water it produces sulfuric acid. This makes the soil surrounding the mine inertial. Rain pulls the acid into waterways polluting the water and killing fish and marine life that are sensitive to PH Shifts. • Combustion of coal produces carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) along with varying amounts of sulfur dioxide (SO2) • Sulfuric acid is returned to the Earth as acid rain. • Coal is one of the 2 biggest causes of CO2 emissions(oil is the other) that are considered the main cause of global warming. Also note the carbon content of coal is much higher than oil • Coal/Coal waste products including fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulferization contain heavy metals, including **arsenic, lead, mercury, nickel,** ** vanadium, beryllium, cadmium, barium, chromium, copper, molybdenum, **** zinc, selenium and radium, ** which are dangerous to the environment « Coal Fires: There are hundreds of coal fires burning around the world that can not be put out. Fires can cause the ground above to subside, combustion gases are dangerous to life, and breaking out to the surface can initiate surface wildfires. US **Coal Regions**
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