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People still use coal because it satisfies lots of needs at an affordable rate. Coal is primarily used for heating purposes, but can also be used to make plastics, steel, coke (a hard, dry substance containing carbon that's produced by heating bituminous coal to a very high temperature in the absence of air), and electricity purposes.
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How do people dig up coal?
Using a shovel and a sifter?
What is the most expensive type of coal?
Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal (but still represents low-grade using only the more expensive anthracite coal in its passenger locomotives,
How important is coal to humans?
if we stop using coal right now people would go crazy because their would be no electricity and we got so use to it that people say they cant live without it so coal is super important to people
What do you call coal still in the ground?
reserves are coal still in the ground
Which is the least sustainable practice?
Using coal to generate electricity. (APEX)
What brought people tovancouver island Nanaimo?
What brought people to Vancouver Island, was coal, and logging. Nanaimo had/has still a lot of coal left, but the city doesn't allow mining.
Do you alter coal to use it?
When you burn coal you are using it not altering it.
Why do people still use coal?
it is cheap and readily available, new technologies have been developed to burn coal more cleanly than ever before.
What is coal still in the ground called?
Coal still in the ground is remains named as 'coal'. It is a carboniferous rock.
Are people still using creatine?
Yes they are
Do people die quicker that work for the coal mines?
While the safety and health of coal miners has improved greatly, it is still dangerous work, and people may be hurt or killed. While there is some degree of hazard to ANY job, mining still ranks among the most dangerous.
What are some supports of using coal in Ohio?
Coal is preferred energy source.
