coal

Coal is one of the oldest (and most popular) forms of energy in the entire world. Its history goes back to 200 BC when it was first used as fuel by the Han Dynasty. Although recently coal seems to have become a "politically incorrect" source of energy by many "Green" activists, it is still one of the most used forms of energy in the world.

At its current rate of use, the world's coal supply will last about 132 years; however, the rate of coal consumption is increasing every year. Some scientists say the world's coal resources could be depleted in as little as 55 years.

Let's give this timeline some perspective: at the current global energy consumption there is enough coal in the world to provide the entire planet with all of its energy needs for about 37 more years. Now, the world is using many different sources of energy, so it likely won't be depleted that quickly, but it's no secret that the world's coal supply is dwindling.

Many people are moving away from coal to cleaner, more efficient energy sources. Coal, they say, is dirty, doesn't burn cleanly, and has the reputation of being an "outdated" form of energy. Bloggers speaking about coal can be found at sites like coalblog.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “coal”

• in Green
  Have We Seen the Pinnacle Of CO2 Emissions?
  2007 was the highest year on record for CO2 emissions, with levels of new emissions actually lower since then.
  by energizeme / on Jun 12, 2012
• in Green
  Just Passing Through – How China's Emissions Actually Come Right Back At Us
  A new study draws big black arrows of carbon emissions from source to consumer - and China's off the hook
  by wyrdways / on Nov 1, 2011
• in Film
  The Last Mountain Is Now on DVD
  Controversial documentary THE LAST MOUNTAIN is now available on DVD.
  by missbobetier / on Oct 31, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “coal”

 

• Trolling coal: jobs, climate and the Iron Lady

  
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  The pre-recorded televised tributes have ended. The street parties are over. In Britain, the outrage that swelled in some quarters over the Baroness Margaret Thatcher’s faux state funeral has died away, leaving in its wake the dull, tedious thrumming of politics as usual. Still, the polarisation of the British ...
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• VIDEO: Monday Sector Leaders: Metals Mining, Precious Metals

  
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  In trading on Monday, metals mining shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.6%. Leading the group were shares of James River Coal (JRCC), up about 12.3% and shares of Denison Mines (DNN) up about 4.2% on the day. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and ...
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• Arch Coal Inc (ACI), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (ANR): Finding the Right Company To Invest in This Industry

  
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  Coal demand has been squeezed since the sharp decline of natural gas prices. This decline in demand has caused a severe decline in prices, resulting in declining profitability for coal companies over the last two years or so. To make the situation worse, even the global demand for met coal is declining (due to ...
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  A radio show tries to find a route around conventional thinking on global warming.        
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• Vilsack’s Energy Policy Legacy

  
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• ExxonMobil’s Excellent Algae Biofuel Adventure…Or Not

  
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• Who’s Escaping Climate Change ‘Mire and Muck’?

  
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  A radio show tries to find a route around conventional thinking on global warming.
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• Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc (USA) (TC), Arch Coal Inc (ACI), & Molycorp Inc (MCP): Beaten to Pulp, Now Time to Buy?

  
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  This could well be a season of corporate turnarounds. As U.S. equities continue to trend higher on better results and an improving economy, even laggards and beaten down stocks such as Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc (USA) (NYSE: TC ) , Arch Coal Inc (NYSE: ACI ) , and Molycorp Inc (NYSE: MCP ) are ...
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• Energy Efficiency Could Cut Wireless Data Power Demand 90% By 2020

  
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  An influx of smart phones has expanded wireless networks to the point that everyone, everywhere seems able to access the cloud. But looming mobile data needs cast a long shadow over electrical consumption – one that could quadruple global network power demands by 2015. Smart phone power graph image via ...
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• Caterpillar 3-month machinery sales down 9%

  
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  Sales of Caterpillar Inc.’s  CAT  +0.40% construction and mining equipment fell 9% worldwide in the three months to the end of April, as strong demand from Latin America offset deteriorating sales from North America. April’s retail sales report for the world’s largest seller of bulldozers, excavators and ...
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• Brad Mullards coal seam gas con job

  
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  Arrow Energy gas well blowout  in Tara region gas fields in Queensland   identified in Google Earth snapshot The well which exploded up to 100 metres in the air continued to shoot to 40 metres is on a farmer’s property on the Kogan-Condamine Road A CSG well is created by drilling through layers ...
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• Media Once Bitten, Forever Scorn

  
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  Hurrah, the worm has turned! Or has it? The corporatist controlled mass media love affair with the puppet spinmeister seems to be on the rocks. For progressive propagandists, the profession of journalism has long sunk into the sewer. Withal, the elitist snobbery of the self-appointed gatekeepers for the globalist ...
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• Coal Tax To Fund India’s 750 MW Solar Power Capacity Addition Plan In 2013

  
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  The Indian government is set to repose millions of dollars in financial support for solar power project developers from the coal tax corpus it has accumulated over the last few years. Project developers looking to set up projects under the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will receive ...
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• Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (SLW), Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (AUY): Why I’m Buying Mining Stocks

  
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• Exclusive: South Africa’s NUM seeks 15-60 percent wage rises from gold, coal producers

  
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  By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate. Africa’s biggest economy is ...
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• Energy plans deemed impractical

  
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  Ngoc Lan He was speaking at a forum themed “Energy and oil & gas: investment and sustainable development” held by VEA and the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi on Thursday. Many power projects have failed to stick to the schedules drawn up in Power Master Plan VII, according to VEA. So far, only ...
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• What Murdoch University doesnt mention about one of its Senate members

  
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  This is what Murdoch University in West Australia states about Antonino Mario Tony Iannello who has been an external member of its Senate since at least 2006: Click on image to enlarge What it does not say is that he has been a director of ERM Power Limited since July 2010 and is ...
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• This Day in Labor History: May 12, 1902

  
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  On May 12, 1902, coal miners in Pennsylvania’s anthracite fields went on strike. There were many strikes in the coal fields during the Gilded Age, but this one has special significance because the refusal of the industry to negotiate pushed the strike into the fall and placed urban Americans’ heating supplies in ...
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• Second-Term Battle Lines Drawn in ‘War on Coal’

  
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  McConnell: “This EPA has turned the coal permitting process into an illegitimate, back-door means to shut down coal mines permanently."
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• Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll

  
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  The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif’s party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats. See more here: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll
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