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Coal is primarily Carbon = chemically C Secondary: Sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and many other chemicals, toxic and non-toxic Coal
Coal is a fossil fuel, what means that Earth needed millions of years to produce it. |
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Look at the coal consumption! Do you think humans change our atmosphere when burning these amounts of coal? Humans burn coal for energy! Humans get health problems from air pollution! Children get learning disorders from coal burning! Ten thousands of people die every year, because managers look only for profit without taking any responsibility! |
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Did you hear about 'clean coal'? We could not find any research that there is a way to burn coal clean. Read our information - get the facts! Even if a coal fired power plant sequestered all its carbon pollution, and if a coal fired power plant would abate carbon pollution from other sources, coal can never be called "clean"! |
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1) Getting coal out of the ground is very destructive to human health, ecosystems and human communities. 2) Washing coal to prepare it for transport leaves behind lake-sized pools of toxic slurry, which regularly fail and flood nearby communities. 3) Transporting coal is carbon-intensive and destructive. Gigantic trucks drive downhill on narrow roads carrying enormous coal loads trailing toxic dust. Coal trains, running 24 hours a day, lock up a big part of our country's rail infrastructure, which could otherwise be used for low-carbon freight shipping. 4) Burning coal produces huge quantities of heavy metal-laden coal ash, causing additional air pollution, endangering local communities with flying ash. Fact is, that efforts in recent decades to scrub air pollutants out of coal fired power-plant smokestacks in response to Clean Air Act requirements have led to more coal ash, as pollutants are effectively transferred from the air to the ash, where they are far less strictly regulated. Coal burning releases in the air: A) CO2 B) Sulfur dioxide C) Nitrogen oxide D) volatile organic compounds E) Mercury F) Arsenic G) Lead H) Cadmium A report from the National Research Council shows, that coal's air pollution-related health impacts alone represent about $62 billion a year in hidden costs. Think about the costs of coal-related water pollution, the cost of cleaning up after coal slurry floods, the cost of ceding rail infrastructure, the loss of some of America's oldest, most biodiverse forests. Should a company not pay for the damages it causes instead of letting the public pay? The total sum of damages is enormous. Massey’s mine in Montcoal has been cited for over 3,000 violations, over $2.2 million in fines Massey Energy is actively contesting millions of dollars of fines for safety violations at its West Virginia coal mine where disaster struck again, 25 miners were killed and another four are missing after a explosion took place. Think about, how much truth is in the advertisement of a "100 percent clean" coal fired power plant.  More than 200 local, state and national organizations, have sent a letter to the White House asking for movement on proposed federal regulations for coal ash disposal. WHY? Continued delay in the issuance of federal regulations for the disposal of the 136 million tons of toxic coal combustion waste generated annually is dangerous and unacceptable. Unmitigated harm continues to threaten the lives and environment of millions of Americans. What can you do? Send us an email and confirm your support for clean energy. Reduce the amount of electricity produced by coal-fired-power plants. Reducing your electricity usage saves you money and saves water. Reducing you water consumption saves you money and saves electricity! Sign up for renewable energy! |
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Relation between Coal and Diamonds Coal is an amorphous form of carbon, but it is not pure carbon. Complicated organic molecules of decomposed plant and animal material have been compressed for millions of years in the Earth's crust. Various geological processes have formed coal and changed its chemical composition, transforming coal into its nearly purest form called graphite. This process requires suitable conditions and millions of years to take place. Diamonds are formed deep inside the earth, where the temperatures and pressures are very high. The reason why coal and diamonds look different is the arrangement of carbon atoms in graphite and diamonds are different. Carbon atoms in coal are arranged in a hexagonal manner in graphite. Graphite is like layers of carbon atoms, stacked one over the other. In diamonds, each carbon atom is linked to 4 others in a tetrahedral manner. Diamonds have a pyramid-like structure. The flat sheets of the graphite can absorb lights of different wavelengths. The pyramid-like structure in diamonds are transparent and sparkling. How can Coal become a Diamond? The conversion of coal into diamond is a very rare event. The amount of impurities is very high, so it takes millions of years for the coal to transform to its nearly purest form - graphite. The natural conversion of graphite to diamonds needs additionally millions of years. Scientist can create diamonds in a laboratory in a very short time using special equipment and pure graphite. Graphite has to be exposed to temperatures above 2,000° F, and a very high pressure. It is really amazing that something dirty as coal can be transformed into something as beautiful as diamonds. Mother Nature has a great plan - humans just have learned a few bits of it. |
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