The Use of Coal for Power Should Continue

With the development of science and technology, people started to consider generating electricity using alternative fuels. There are a number of alternative fuels that can generate electricity, such as natural gas, nuclear power generation, wind power generation, hydroelectric power generation, etc. (It is used for manufacturing fossil fuel for power plants in North America.) According to the US statistics of the US Energy Information Agency in 2009, the use of coal is still the largest source of electricity generation. The US power sources are coal 44.9%, nuclear power 20.3%, natural gas 23.4%, petroleum 1%, hydroelectric power 9%, other electric power 6% (electric treasure).

When coal is mined and processed, most of it is sent to the power plant. This is the second major phase of coal dirty life cycle. Coal-fired power plants continue to accelerate global warming by injecting a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Burning coal generates acid rain and smoke, and it discharges more than 60 harmful air pollutants such as various toxic metals, organic compounds, acid gases, sulfur, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, particulate matter.

Coal mining, transportation, combustion of coal is harmful to our land, air and water. In 2015, coal is the main source of carbon dioxide emissions from the US electricity industry, about 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to one-third of annual carbon dioxide emissions of all vehicles in the world It was emissions. In addition to carbon dioxide, large quantities of sulfur dioxide, mercury and other heavy metals enter the atmosphere every year, burning coal, causing air pollution, smoke and acid rain.

The interdisciplinary MIT faculty team studied the role of coal in the world using carbon dioxide emissions restrictions to mitigate global climate change. This is the future of nuclear power. It focused on power generation without carbon dioxide emissions from nuclear power and was announced in 2003. The report is the future of coal in a world with carbon constraints, while evaluating the technology and cost associated with it. Electricity generated from coal, and electricity related to the collection and storage of coal-based power generation from carbon dioxide. The increase in electricity demand in the United States and the world requires an increase in all power generation options (renewable energy, coal and nuclear power), as well as efficiency improvement and protection of their use. As coal continues to play an important role in power generation, carbon dioxide management of coal will become increasingly important