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What is coal’s role in shaping the fate of the industrialized world?

What is coal’s role in shaping the fate of the industrialized world?. How is coal formed?. How is Coal Mined?. “Choke damp”: CO 2 “White Damp”: CO “Fire Damp”: CH 4. How Did Coal Lure the British to the Sea?. Royal Navy kept strong to protect coal convoys

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What is coal’s role in shaping the fate of the industrialized world?

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  1. What is coal’s role in shaping the fate of the industrialized world?

  2. How is coal formed?

  3. How is Coal Mined? “Choke damp”: CO2 “White Damp”: CO “Fire Damp”: CH4

  4. How Did Coal Lure the British to the Sea? • Royal Navy kept strong to protect coal convoys • Used coal ships in battles (Britain ruled the seas) • London became vital center of commerce and cultural achievement • Britain began building a global empire

  5. The Industrial Revolution Begins • Fueled by coal-smelting iron (steel) • Invention of the steam engine to pump out water from mines and then transport coal to cities • Railways built to transport coal cheaply and quickly • Coal alone did not make the industrial revolution happen but it could not have happened without it!

  6. The Rise of the US as a “Superpower” • US has the world’s most coal deposits • How did coal affect; • The American Civil War? • Expansion West? • Organization of unions in US? • The World Wars?

  7. What Are The Environmental Effects of Coal Burning? • Air Pollution • Emits sulfur dioxide (SO2) a major cause of acid rain • Emits carbon dioxide (CO2) a major cause of global warming • Emits Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) a major cause of ozone depletion • Mining causes arsenic and mercury to be released into water supplies

  8. What is Temperature Inversion?

  9. Should China Develop it’s Coal Industry? • Coal burning stopped deforestation • Deforestation in China has caused the Gobi Desert to spread (dust storms reaching the US) • In the last 30 years the per capita income of China’s poor has quadrupled

  10. Has Coal’s influence on Humanity Been a Net Blessing or a Net Curse? • “Cleaner” burning coal plants or renewable energy? • Carbon Sequestration (pros/cons) • Is it worth revising the current infrastructure? ($$$)

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