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Coal Formation, Uses, Advantages & Disadvantages
1. Coal is an organic sedimentary rock hat forms from the accumulation and preservation of
plant materials, usually in a swamp environment.
The energy we get from coal today comes from the energy that plants absorbed from the sun
millions of years ago.
Coal is a non-renewable energy .
Coal is a fossil fuel.
Coal is often referred as “the buried sunshine”.
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3. Affordable and stable prices
Easily scalable
Easy to Burn
Availability and ease of transporting
Low capital investment required
No Politics please
Safer as compared to nuclear energy
No dependence on climatic conditions
Cleaner alternative
4. Dangerous mining conditions
Deforestation and habitat erosion
Mining process leads to pollution
Carbon emission
Coal is a non-renewable source
6. Lignite, often referred to as brown coal
It is one of the types of coal
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