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Coal Keeps the Lights On?

Coal Keeps the Lights On?. How to make light without it!. Sure, the Sun is Great, but we need lights at Night too…. 25% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to electricity. Electrification is the greatest engineering achievement of the 20 th century.

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Coal Keeps the Lights On?

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  1. Coal Keeps the Lights On? How to make light without it!

  2. Sure, the Sun is Great, but we need lights at Night too… • 25% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to electricity. • Electrification is the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century. • Half of India’s households lack electricity. • How would your life change without it?

  3. Coal can keep the lights on, but what is the cost? • http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/affect/coal.html • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4DtOhe2LfQ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKe2LYy5pk • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wv2GKaukZU • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzwCKoLhDo

  4. How do you think a coal fired power plant works? • How does that coal become electricity? • http://www.duke-energy.com/about-energy/generating-electricity/coal-fired-how.asp • http://www.hk-phy.org/energy/power/elect_phy/flash/powerplant_make_e.html

  5. What are other ways people make electricity? • www.nuruenergy.com • http://deciwatt.org/ • How are these ways different from the way coal becomes electricity? • How are they similar?

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