Talk:Health and environmental impact of the coal industry
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Unscientific[edit]
There is a lack of references and no quantitative figures are provided. Words like often, alot, large are useless. This article has probalbly been copied from the website of an environmental organisation. I'd suggest to rate it C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.65.1.9 (talk) 18 March 2011
Needs section on Ocean acidification[edit]
Needs section on Ocean acidification
Sample annual emissions from just one plant in Texas:
Sulfuric Acid: 238,474 lbs.
Hydrochloric Acid: 33,517 lbs.
http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/map/
Article should be re-named "Environmental and health impacts of the coal industry"[edit]
The Environmental and health impacts of the coal industry are distinct, though related.
The current state of coal[edit]
With the rise of renewable energy such as solar and wind, coal, and coal power plants are becoming less dependent in the United States and abroad. Energy pricing associated with coal production and renewable energy has become competitive while coal production declines. Coal decline can be directly attributed to the rise in natural gas production due to new technological advances. With the low cost pricing of natural gas, investment in renewable energy over coal, the world faces an uncertain future for the best form of energy.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] PurePuffin (talk) 17:23, 11 April 2017 (UTC)PurePuffin
- This is useful information, but it would be more on point in the Coal mining or Coal mining in the United States articles. Moreau1 (talk) 18:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
In many cases, greenhouse impact of gas is worse than coal[edit]
I refer to this sentence : "Electric generation using coal burning produces approximately twice the greenhouse gasses per kilowatt compared to generation using natural gas." According to a recent study, this statement looks problematic. See : https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/climate/natural-gas-leaks-coal-climate-change.html and https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1187648553/natural-gas-can-rival-coals-climate-warming-potential-when-leaks-are-counted Reneza (talk) 16:57, 8 August 2023 (UTC)