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The [[mining]] of coal as a [[fuel]] sparked the [[Industrial Revolution]], as coal was used to power [[factory|factories]] and [[railway]]s, first through the generation of steam, and later when coal became one of several methods of generating [[electricity]].

The [[mining]] of coal as a [[fuel]] sparked the [[Industrial Revolution]], as coal was used to power [[factory|factories]] and [[railway]]s, first through the generation of steam, and later when coal became one of several methods of generating [[electricity]].

Laboratory experiments show that coal can be formed in a matter of months, and with temperatures in the range of 100 to 150 degrees Celsius for brown coal and 400 degrees Celsius for black coal.<ref>Quoted by Walker, Tas, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/328 Coal: memorial to the Flood] ''Creation'' 23(2):22–27, March 2001.</ref>

Laboratory experiments show that coal can be formed in a matter of months, and with temperatures in the range of 100 to 150 degrees Celsius for brown coal and 400 degrees Celsius for black coal.<ref>Quoted by Walker, 2001</ref>

== Types of coal ==

== Types of coal ==

[[Image:Coal_contact_line.jpg|thumb|coal sitting on clay, with no evidence of soil]]

[[Image:Coal_contact_line.jpg|thumb|coal sitting on clay, with no evidence of soil]]

[[Young earth creationists]] believe that most coal was formed during the [[Great Flood]] <ref>http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/the_record_buried_in_coal</ref>.

[[Young earth creationists]] believe that most coal was formed during the [[Great Flood]] <ref>http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/the_record_buried_in_coal</ref>.

They make a number of arguments in support of this theory:

They make a number of arguments in support of this theory:<ref>Walker, 2001</ref>

* The time required to turn plant material into coal is small enough that the biblical timescale is quite sufficient.  The vast amounts of time suggested by uniformitarian geologists is not actually required.

* The time required to turn plant material into coal is small enough that the biblical timescale is quite sufficient.  The vast amounts of time suggested by uniformitarian geologists is not actually required.

* [[Polystrate fossils]] indicate that successive layers have formed quickly.

* [[Polystrate fossils]] indicate that successive layers have formed quickly.

* 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.

==References==

==References==

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