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Depending on what specific information you seek regarding coal plants, the best resources for learning about coal plants are from history and reference books. Websites such as UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists) have a website with information regarding coal including extraction, pollution and supply. Wikipedia also documents a brief history of coal mining. The Discovery site also offers an article about coal mining and coal plants.
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Why are there more coal power plants then solar power plants?
There are more coal plants than solar plants because the cost per Mega-Watt is much less using coal than solar power, and currently coal is more efficient. The problem today is that in a environmentally conscious society coal is a 'dirty' fuel, and solar power is clean. That is why environmentalists are pushing for more Solar (and wind) power generation.
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Which produces more radioactivity in the atmosphere coal fire power plants or nuclear power plants?
Coal-fired power plants produce more radioactive material in the atmosphere than nuclear power plants. This is because coal contains naturally occurring radioactive elements like uranium and thorium that are released during combustion. Nuclear power plants produce radioactive waste, but the containment and storage of this waste is carefully managed to minimize its impact on the environment.
Coal fired plants release 100 times more radioactivity than nuclear power plants due to the natural presence of thorium and uranium in the coal true or false?
FALSE
Which produces more radioactivity in the atmosphere coal-fired power plants?
Coal-fired power plants release more radioactive materials into the atmosphere compared to nuclear power plants. The combustion process of coal concentrates natural radioactive elements such as uranium and thorium, which are released as ash and gases. This results in higher levels of radiation exposure for the public and environment.
What is the source of coal energy?
Dead marsh plants. The majority of coal (and the best grades: bituminous and anthracite) is from plants that died during the Carboniferous (this was before the first dinosaurs lived). Small amounts of very low grade coal (lignite and peat) are much more recent (with some still forming now).
What are coal buckets used for?
Coal buckets are used for holding a small amount of coal for homes which use devices that require coal. You can learn more about this at the Wikipedia. Once on the website, type "Coal scuttle" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
How many times greater is the amount of electrical energy produced in the US by coal burning power plants than by nuclear power plants?
Coal burning power plants in the US produce around 4 times more electrical energy compared to nuclear power plants.
Do nuclear power plants pollute more than coal power plants?
No. Nuclear power is more efficient because nuclear power is used as splitting atoms, making big bursts of energy, whereas coal power is simply burning coal. So nuclear power uses uranium fission to create energy (electricity), whereas coal power burns coal, emitting carbon. (Mind you, nuclear energy leaves behind radioactive waste - that is arguably easier to deal with for the time being. Not to mention that accidents at nuclear plants can have devastating environmental effects.
Is burning coal to create steam in power plants the use of nonrenewable energy source?
Depends on where it came from. If this is mined coal( which it usually is) it's nonrenewable. If it is coal made from dead wood, this is renewable. We can always grow more trees.
What would more coal generated power stations help us with?
I'm assuming you mean power plants. And by "help us" I assume that we are only looking at the benefits and not the negatives. Having more coal power plants would mean more electricity in the grid. Have more electricity means more "supply" and that means lower prices, based on the laws of supply and demand. We could also say that there would be more jobs, because you'll need people to build and operate them as well as more people to mine coal.
What explains how coal deposits formed?
A coal deposit is a lenticular layer of carbon and carbon compounds formed from the remains of plants and basically ancient Geography explains how coal deposits are formed. To get a coal deposit you need the plants to be growing in swampy conditions so that as plants grow and then die, they fall into the the swamp waters to be replaced by new plants so that in time, a thick layer of dead plants builds up at the bottom the swamp (you need about 3 feet depth of plant matter to eventually form 1 foot of coal). You then need to rapidly bury the dead plants with sediments (sand and mud) before it rots away. Thus we need a swampy place for plants to grow which, every so often, is subject to deposits of sediment. Today we call these places River Deltas. Once the swamp gets buried by more and more sediments, the water gets squeezed out of the plants and over time, as the swamp get buried ever deeper, the heat from inside the earth changes the plants into coal.
