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 Post subject: 'Clean' coal?
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:59 pm 
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 Post subject: Clean Coal
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:57 am 
Coal is a fossil fuel composed primarily of carbons and hydrocarbons. Its ingredients help make plastics, tar and fertilizers. A coal derivative, a solidified carbon called coke, melts iron ore and reduces it to create steel. But most coal -- 92 percent of the U.S. supply -- goes into power production [source: Energy Information Administration]. Electric companies and businesses with power plants burn coal to make the steam that turns turbines and generates electricity.


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