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Since coal is underground, it must be mined in order to be used. Many coal beds are near the surface. Special machines remove the top layer of soil and rock to expose the coal. This type of mining is surface mining. Some coal lies deep below ground, requiring miners to dig long shafts into the ground. Miners ride elevators deep below the surface to dig out the coal.
About 92 percent of the coal that is mined is used to generate electricity. Power plants burn coal and use the heat to boil water into steam. The steam turns large turbine blades, which generate electricity. Manufacturing plants use about four percent of the coal to make plastics, tar, fertilizers, steel, and medicine. The remaining coal is shipped oversees to other countries.
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How is coal made into electricity?
first people get coal and stuff it in their stomach, then they go in a big oven and they are turned into electricity. Then they die. From KO
How can coal be conserved?
Since coal is used for electricity you can save coal for electricity
How electricity is made from coal?
the coal fuels or powers the electricity
How do you get electrictiy from coal?
You cannot get electricity from coal. Electricity and coal are two very different types of material.
The mud turned into coal and dead plants turned into what?
coal
Is coal a good producer of electricity?
yes coal is a good producer of electricity.
Which is the least sustainable practice?
Using coal to generate electricity. (APEX)
Advantages of using coal to produce electricity?
Coal is abundant and easy to convert into electricity.
Is coal iron and steel the most important industry in the world?
No, coal produces electricity, so electricity is instead of coal
How does coal get turned into green coal?
There is no such thing as green coal.
What is used by half the world's population for cooking and heating electricity wood or coal?
electricity
What are the advantages of burning coal for electricity?
The only advantage of producing electricity from coal is that it will cost cheaper.
