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Pros And Cons Of Coal Burning Power Plants

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I am strongly against building a coal-burning power plant. It is bad for the earth and it would be easier to find an alternative and save the life of thousands. Let’s work together and get rid of air pollution and save lives.
Coal-burning is the primary source of global warming. Coal burning plants typically produce 3.5 million tons of CO2 per year! (Union of concerned scientists)Toxic air pollution, acid rain, and smog are all caused by burning coal. Some types of emissions would help the pollution be controlled, although most of the U.S. coal plants have not installed these emissions. Coal burning pollutes the water, crops, land, and air. About 24,000 lives are lost in coal mines annually just in the United States. (Union of concerned scientists) I am strongly against the coal-burning factory because of these reasons. Coal mining is very dangerous and …show more content…

Generation from coal plants has been estimated to be second only to agriculture in being the largest domestic user of water. (SourceWatch) It is also crazy how much power a coal fired power plant needs! A 1000 megawatt coal fired power plant produces approximately the same amount of global warming as 1.2 million cars! (SourceWatch) Coal industries have the largest percentage of anthropogenic carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Coal contains minor amounts of radioactive elements, uranium, and thorium. (SourceWatch) Disposal of fly ash is all over and there is no federal regulation for it. It is disgusting how the federal regulations don’t specifically govern the disposal of power plant discharges into waterways or landfills, so lead and arsenic pollute the water. Only one of 43 United States power plants must limit how much barium is dumped into nearby waterway. (Source Watch) Barium is linked to heart problems and disease; (Source Watch) it’d just be smarter to not have any in the

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Energy is a key factor in today's society, especially in Kentucky. Kentucky's main energy resource is coal, 91.8 percent of our energy comes from this resource but coal is nonrenewable, meaning that there is a limited amount of this type of fuel. Coal mining is also detrimental to the environment, people living and working in coal mining communities have a higher chance of getting lung cancer. with surface mining, this has been linked as a cause for poisoning local residences from the chemicals used in the mountaintop mining. there are still issues with the environment and natural wildlife in the surrounding areas of the coal mining as well.

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Since we were using up a massive amount of coal each year, we would have less cleaner air, a chance of the smoke in the air to start forest fires, and many other variables that would come into play. Also, using coal for multiple machines in a factory can be very hazardous. The machines could malfunction, causing an overload in energy which could end in an explosion. The air in the factory would also be basically fatal if not wearing the right protection. And if not using things like airlocks (which they didn’t have) it could spread to outside air and then animals would breath in the toxic air then die.

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Something almost everyone uses everyday is electricity. The power sources we use for electricity release a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Some argue nuclear power plants would help with this problem. Nuclear power plants release only 0.01% of what coal power plants release. But on the other hand, Nuclear power plant aren't cheap they will cost likely $9 billion per unit.

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During the process of combustion within the coal power plants, many oxides of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen are created which results in harsh chemicals being emitted into the air and surrounding ecosystems. “A typical (500 megawatt) coal plant burns 1.4 million tons of coal each year, and as of 2012, there [were] 572 operational coal plants in the U.S. with an average capacity of 547 megawatts” (Union of Concerned Scientist), eluding how distributed the pollution is affecting the entire country. It is important for us as humans to realize that with 572 plants generating 1.4 millions of tons of coal per year, which means approximately an overwhelming 800 million tons of coal are being burned in power plants and emitted into the environment each year, and nothing is being done about it. The burning of coal results in ash, sludge, toxic chemicals, and waste heat that generate never ending environmental problems. “Sulfur dioxide (SO2), contributing to acid rain, nitrogen oxides (NOx), contributing to smog, and particulates, which contribute to both smog and haze” (EIA 2015), are all examples of how the combustion of coal in the electricity generating process has led to irreversible changes in the environment.

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