Coal Hard FactsChapter 5

Myriah Santistevan

Demand of Electricity• Increase in Energy between 1990-2007

o Oil by 25.3%o Coal by 42.5%

• End Coalo “Red-headed stepchild of the modern business”o Premature Deaths (London, China)o Wide-spread use of mountaintop-removal miningo Pollution

• Acid rain• Airborne Particles• High levels of Mercury• Lead (176000 lbs)• Chromium (161000 lbs)• Arsenic (100000 lbs)

Electricity Generation• Biggest Increase Between 1990-2007

o China (452%)o Indonesia (353%)o United Arab Emirates (352%)o Malaysia (321%)o Qatar (307%)o Global increased by 70%o U.S. electric output rose 35.5%

• Highest Per-Capita Electricity Consumptiono Icelando Norwayo Finlando Canadao Qatar

Electricity Generation• Lowest Energy Consumption

o Gazao Chado Burundio Central African Republico Rwanda

• Much of the new power is generated with coal• “To help bring people out of poverty we need to

help them increase the amount of electricity they generate and distribute.”-Alan Pasternak

• Not controlled by an organization like Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

• The US is adding coal-firing capacity at a rate that is far greater than the rates for wind and solar capacity (1995-2008)o Coal-284,959,000 additional megawatt hours per year o Wind-48,862,000 megawatt hours per yearo Solar-346,000 megawatt hours per year

Coal Production is Increasing

Questions?

My Questions• Name two types of pollution that coal gives off.

• What is coal known as in the business world?