Basically it's cheaper. Coal was used but mining has gotten more expensive over the years also it gives off a lot of pollutants when burned, much more than natural gas, and so is banned for use in coal fires in most urban areas due to the high risk of smog.
It is because it is cleaner in burning and does not give a lot of carbon dioxide.
It is cleaner burning and can be pipe in from long distances. Has a continues supply unlike coal or oil that has to be trucked in and stored on site.
the main use is for cooking and heating homes basically, Coal and Petroleum are the top uses for natural gas
It burns cleaner, doesn't have an offensive odor, and in most markets it is cheaper.
They are more enviromental friendly then coal or oil. Natural gas burns cleaner than heating oil, and does not leave product, like ash, behind. Has high heating value of 24,000 Btu per pound.
It is because it is cleaner in burning and does not give a lot of carbon dioxide.
It is cleaner burning and can be pipe in from long distances. Has a continues supply unlike coal or oil that has to be trucked in and stored on site.
the main use is for cooking and heating homes basically, Coal and Petroleum are the top uses for natural gas
It burns cleaner, doesn't have an offensive odor, and in most markets it is cheaper.
The primary use for coal is for generating electricity by heating the water in large boilers in which the steam turns a AC generator. Another important use for coal is for making metallurgical coke for the production of steel. Coal is not used much anymore for heating homes.
Coal, oil, and natural gas
Most fuel for heating is from fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas.
electric,oil, natural gas, propane, coal, and wood
Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, and Wind
people used to use coal fires, and gas and electric fires have been round for years and years, but coal fires was the prefered method
Coal is burned and the energy is created from the heat of the coal burning and is collected and used and it gives off more energy than other things like peanuts for example. And coal is used for electricity and also heating homes in some places.
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), mostly, or electricity generated by burning them.