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The enrgey comes from plants 100's of millions of years ago
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Is coal mining a reliable source of energy?
Coal mining will not last for long because coal is becoming scarce.
How do you harness coal energy?
Most coal is used in the production of electricity by burning the coal to heat water to power steam turbines that run generators.
How is coal energy better than solar engery?
Most forms of solar energy rely on daylight, so solar energy can't be used during night, coal fired power stations can be used day and night.Coal power at it's simplest (coal fires) can be used for heating rooms and houses.
How does West Virginia generate electricity?
The conversion of the energy in dirty coal to clean electrical energy which they then export.
What energy source do most modern industrial countries use?
Coal
Beans and coal both have stored energy. Where did the energy come from?
The energy in vegetation (beans) and coal (a fossil fuel from animals eating vegetation or eating other animals feeding on vegetation) ultimately comes from the sun.
Where does the energy from coal originally come from?
the energy that is released when coal was at one time sunlight energy shining on plants.
Where does most of the energy we use come from?
Coal.
Where does the energy of coal come from?
Coal energy comes from the sun. The coal is fossilized vegetation that grew in the sunshine eons ago. The vegetation took up the solar energy using photosynthesis and chlorophyll to produce green matter
Where does the energy stored in coal originally come form?
From the sun's radiation which made the plants grow that converted into coal
What is coal energy?
Coal energy is energy derived from the burning of coal. Coal is essentially fossilized carbon.
Why do people burn coal to produce energy?
Coal is less expensive than oil and will be more plentiful in years to come
Where did the energy come from to create coal?
i think its from the energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.=]
Where does most of the energy come from?
AUstralia get most of its energy from coal.Most of it comes from coal and oil produced locally
What type of energy does coal have?
coal have chemical energy
Where does coal get its energy?
the sun is where coal gets it energy.
Is coal an energy?
Not really. Energy is released when coal is burned. It is not coal itself, but the reaction of oxygen and coal once ignited that results in energy.
