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[[Image:Yallourn_open_cut.jpg|thumb|400px|Open-cut brown coal mine at Yallourn, [[Victoria]]]]

[[Image:Yallourn_open_cut.jpg|thumb|400px|Open-cut brown coal mine at Yallourn, [[Victoria]]]]

'''Coal''' is a combustible material which was formed by decomposing plant and animal material placed under intense pressure.

'''Coal''' is a combustible material which was formed by decomposing plant and animal material placed under intense pressure. [[China]] is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world.

[[Coal mining]] is the extraction of coal for use as a [[fuel]]. It became important after 1800 as coal fueled railroads of the [[Industrial Revolution]], and (where cheap water power was not available), the factories. Coal is now the chief method of generating [[electricity]], along with burning natural gas, using water power in dams, and using nuclear energy.

[[Coal mining]] is the extraction of coal for use as a [[fuel]]. It became important after 1800 as coal fueled railroads of the [[Industrial Revolution]], and (where cheap water power was not available), the factories. Coal is now the chief method of generating [[electricity]], along with burning natural gas, using water power in dams, and using nuclear energy.

* There is often no evidence of the soil that the plant material grew in, suggesting that the plant material was washed into place.

* There is often no evidence of the soil that the plant material grew in, suggesting that the plant material was washed into place.

* Trees found in coal beds often turn out to be types that do not grow in swamps, as proposed by uniformitarian explanations.

* Trees found in coal beds often turn out to be types that do not grow in swamps, as proposed by uniformitarian explanations.

Secular scientists propose that coal formation took long periods of time, with the most recently formed coal being formed a million years ago.<ref name="ACF">[http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmhow.html How Coal Is Formed] American Coal foundation.</ref>

Secular scientists propose that coal formation took long periods of time, with the most recently formed coal being formed a million years ago.<ref name="ACF">[http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmhow.html How Coal Is Formed] American Coal foundation.</ref>

They generally propose that the plant material accumulated in swamps<ref name="ACF" />

They generally propose that the plant material accumulated in swamps<ref name="ACF" />

== Environmental and Societal Impact==

== Environmental and societal impact==

The burning of coal has lead to serious environmental consequences, such as the increase of coal-originating [[mercury]] in ocean fish such as tuna, or the release of chemicals that lead to acid rain. Acid rain is caused by the release of sulfur dioxide from fossil fuels, which dissolves to form sulfuric acid in rain clouds.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210660,00.html</ref> Acid rain can have serious impacts on local ecosystems, agriculture, and many structures, as the acid can eat away at building materials sensitive to acid, such as limestone.

The burning of coal has lead to certain environmental consequences, such as the increase of coal-originating [[mercury]] in ocean fish such as tuna, or the release of chemicals that lead to acid rain. Acid rain is caused by the release of sulfur dioxide from fossil fuels, which dissolves to form sulfuric acid in rain clouds.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210660,00.html</ref> Acid rain can have serious impacts on local ecosystems, agriculture, and many structures, as the acid can eat away at building materials sensitive to acid, such as limestone.

Despite these facts, coal has had an extremely positive influence on human development. Unfortunately, many [[Liberals]] do their very best to censor this information. Technology has been invented to make coal clean, however the [[Liberal Media]] seeks to hide this information for their own selfish and monetary gains <ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/03/25/hillary-clinton-and-the-myth-of-dirty-coal/</ref>. Another frequent lie is the claim that coal contributes to the myth of [[Global Warming]]. This is easily disprovable. <ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/09/prof-richard-lindzen-demolishes-the-climate-change-scare/</ref>.

Despite this, coal also has had a positive influence on human development. Technology has been invented to make coal clean, heavily reducing any possible impact on the environment.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/03/25/hillary-clinton-and-the-myth-of-dirty-coal/</ref> Contrary to the claims of [[liberal]]s, coal and other fossil fuels do little-to-nothing to contribute to "[[global warming]]."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/09/prof-richard-lindzen-demolishes-the-climate-change-scare/</ref>

== Bibliography ==

== Bibliography ==

* Freese, Barbara. ''Coal: A Human History'' (2003)   

* Freese, Barbara. ''Coal: A Human History'' (2003)   

* Jeffrey, E. C. ''Coal and Civilization'' 1925.

* Jeffrey, E. C. ''Coal and Civilization'' 1925.

* Walker, Tas, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/328 Coal: memorial to the Flood] ''Creation'' 23(2):22–27, March 2001.

* Walker, Tas, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/328 Coal: memorial to the Flood] ''Creation'' 23(2):22–27, March 2001.

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Fuels]]

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