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Coal is burnt to boil water into steam steam is then used to drive turbines that are connected to generators that make electricity

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What solid fossil fuel is used mostly to create electricity especially in Ohio and West Virginia?

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What fossil fuel is used the most to generate electricity?

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What fossil fuel is used the most for energy production?

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Solid fossil fuel found underground often used to produce electricity?

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