what are the bad things about coal?
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Coal is actually the world's most plentiful fossil fuel, but it is alos the dirtiest.  \n\nIt is non-renewable.  \n\nCoal mining is difficult and dangerous.  All over the world hundreds of coal miners die every year because of the hazards of mining it.\n\nBurning coal produces emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide which contribute ot acid rain and global warming.\n\nStrip mining, while safer for the miners, destroys large ares of landscape.\n\nCoal fired power stations need huge amounts of fuel, whihc means covering large areas of countryside close to the power station with piles of coal.\n\nI have attached some websites that should give more information.  I hope this helps.
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To name a few...\n\n- High cost of labor (salary, benefits, insurance, etc.);\n- High state & local taxes;\n- Strict state business laws;\n- Strict environmental standards; and\n- High energy cost.
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yes, what is bad in it?
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pros.......NONE\ncons.......rough skin, faster aging, brown teeth, bad breath, lung disease, persistent cough, deepening of voice, frog voice, increased risk for lung cancer/mouth cancer, addictive....
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Lots of pollution. According to estimates , it polluted 330 thousand of hectares of land and increased the SPM by 55 PPM. more than 5000 adults developed breathing problems as a result of that and it resulted in more than 900 stillbirths in the next two years
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the disadvantages of natural gas is that it is expensive for the power stations to buy it. therefore they may not be able to reach the demand for electricity and will have to use alternate energy resources.
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Pollution and DDT can cause poor environments.  All the oil and logging industries causes detriment to fishing of salmon for eagles.  As civilization expands their habitat shrinks.
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The most power plants burn coal to generate high pressure steam, which is then passed through a turbine to generate steam.  The leftover steam, now cooler and at a lower pressure, is collected, cooled, and then recycled to the boiler to begin the process anew.\n\nThe most obvious environmental impacts are from combustion - this releases pollutants such as carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas), nitrogen dioxide (which contributes to ozone, or smog, formation), and carbon monoxide.  Depending on the fuel used, impurities such as sulfur or mercury may also be emitted.\n\nOther ancillary environmental impacts include waste residue from combustion - for example, disposing of the ash from coal requires a landfill.  Also, a great deal of water is used for cooling purposes in most power plants.  If the water is drawn from a nearby river or lake, it will likely be discharged back to that water body, but often at a higher temperature.  This can negatively impact ecosystems.  Finally, the process by which the fuel is obtained can have significant environmental impacts of its own - consider the mining necessary to obtain coal.
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Second hand smoke = bad for kids.\n\nSimple
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It will burst into flame as if you just sprayed gasoline into a fire. Most coal fired power plants pulverize coal into a powder to use as a fuel. It allows the most surface area, ergo oxygen, to react with it. It burns yellow unless a supplement of natural gas is added to give higher temperature.
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It's just an organic mineral like coal. It is created with enormous amounts of heat and pressure over millions of years from fossils. It really doesn't have a purpose it's just under the surface of the earth.
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Throw some live coals on 'em, and a pint or so of unleaded.  Stand nearby with a hose.  Make sure you do this away from things you care about.
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Well, you can look them up yourself.  Just google "coal" and "benefits."\n\nHowever, here are some that you will need to quantify further; you know, specify exactly how much -\n\n* Coal is cheaper than other fuels.\n* Coal is extremely plentiful in the US, and therefore could greatly reduce our dependency on foreign energy sources.\n* The coal industry employs thousands of people.  Not just in the mines, but also transport.\n* Coal is fairly easy to use, just as it is mined - not a lot of refining steps.\n* Coal is a lot less explosive than, say, gasoline or natural gas.  Or nuclear plants.
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steam coal is a generic term for coal that is suitable for use in steam boilers.  That type of coal generally has a caloric value of from 12,000 to 16,000 btus per pound (.45 kg).   In general bituminous coal is used as steam coal.  It is a hard coal and has a high btu content per pound but not so high as anthracite.  Anthracite is normally not used as steam coal because it is not so plentiful. Only about 1% of coal is classified as anthracite. \n\n47% of the coal mined is classified as lignite and sub-bituminous coal.  These are sort of dirt that will burn, if you will pardon the expression.  They are also used in power plants, but contain much less energy per pound than steam coal. \n\nMetallurgical coal is very simial to steam coal but in general is a higher grade coal and sells for more money per ton.  It is coal that is suitable for making coke and PCI coal which is also used in making steel but is less suitable for making coke. Normally lower ash and sulfur content. \n\nCoal is taken from the mines in trainload quatities in coal cars and transported to the coal docks where the cars are dumped  onto a conveyor belt that transports the coal onto a dump tower above the ship's hold.  The ship is a bulk carrier and has basically an open cargo hold. The coal is bulk dumped into the hold.  When the ship is full, the conveyor belt stops and the ship sails to its destination where the coal is unloaded and conveyed by truck or rail to its final use.
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Pretty much a bad one.  Extreme official corruption--still plagues the people of that region today.  They polluted the land terribly--many heavy metals are buried throughout the region--not to mention the tragedy of Chernobyl.  The leaders of the Soviet Union also were responsible for mass murder--e.g. the forced starvation of Ukraine by Joseph Stalin in the 1930's still has repercussions today.  On a more positive side, they did have a pretty good educational system--the people are very well educated, especially in math & sciences--and the Arts did not die under their suppression.
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Probably most of it will become peat, a kind of early form of coal.  Of course, glass, metal, and some plastics may not have changed change much.
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More Pollution\nMore Dead birds on the road\nThe darn AC doesn't work\nGas prices.