When will we run out of coal and natural gas? Coal and natural gas are expected to last a little longer. If we continue to use these fossil fuels at the current rate without finding additional reserves, it is expected that coal and natural gas will last until 2060.

Coal is called a fossil fuel because it was made from plants that were once alive! Since coal comes from plants, and plants get their energy from the sun, the energy in coal also came from the sun. The coal we use today took millions of years to form. Heat and pressure turned the dead plants into coal.

Coal is formed when dead plant matter submerged in swamp environments is subjected to the geological forces of heat and pressure over hundreds of millions of years. Over time, the plant matter transforms from moist, low-carbon peat, to coal, an energy- and carbon-dense black or brownish-black sedimentary rock.

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years.

Fossil fuels are made from decomposing plants and animals. These fuels are found in the Earth’s crust and contain carbon and hydrogen, which can be burned for energy. Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of fossil fuels.

Alternative, renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, eliminate the pollution that accompanies fossil fuel energy. Alternative energy also reduces the reliance on limited fossil fuels. Consider installing solar panels in your home to reduce the amount of fossil fuel needed to power your home.

In following ways we can prevent the depletion of coal and petroleum:

• Use alternative fuels.
• Use public transport and bicycles for short distances.
• Use car pools to go for work or to school.

Similarities: they are both formed from organic remains and both form under enormous pressures in a sedimentary sequence. Differences: coal is formed from land-based plants in bogs and coastal swamps, while oil and gas are derived from tiny marine organisms, such as algae and phytoplankton.

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• Use stairs to climb instead of taking a lift.
• Pressure cookers should be used for cooking food to save fuels like kerosene and LPG.
• renewable fuels like cooking gas (LPG) and CNG should be used.
• Solar machines like solar cookers, solar panel, solar water heaters should be used whenever possible.

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Compressed Natural Gas(CNG)

Since coal is usually burned to generate electricity for homes, it can be conserved by using energy-efficient bulbs for lighting and by conserving the energy consumed by house heaters and air conditioners. Similarly, insulating walls and cables conserves power, consequently conserving the amount of coal used.

10 Ways to Conserve Soil

1. Minimize wind and water soil erosion.
2. Improve soil quality by selecting plants that help improve organic matter.
3. Improve air quality by using perennial plants including trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial forbs.
4. Enhance wildlife habitat by planting native grasses, forbs, and shrubs.

Coal and petroleum are good sources of energy and it is important to conserve them because they can be replenished quickly enough. Hydrocarbons are formed over a period of thousands of years when the remains of dead plants and animals are buried inside the earth. Also, burning coal and oil results in air pollution.

Coal is classified as a nonrenewable energy source because it takes millions of years to form. Coal contains the energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years ago in swampy forests.

Over millions of years, heat and pressure from Earth’s crust decomposed these organisms into one of the three main kinds of fuel: oil (also called petroleum), natural gas, or coal. These fuels are called fossil fuels, since they are formed from the remains of dead animals and plants.

Coal is classified into four main types, or ranks: anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, and lignite. The ranking depends on the types and amounts of carbon the coal contains and on the amount of heat energy the coal can produce.

Coal is the remains of plants, collected long ago in slowly sinking basins. The northern hemisphere coal deposits built up in the Carboniferous period, between about 360 and 300 million years ago. In the southern hemisphere, coal was mostly deposited in the Permian (some 300 to 250 million years ago).

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Fossil fuels are formed from the remains of ancient organisms. Because coal takes millions of years to develop and there is a limited amount of it, it is a nonrenewable resource. The conditions that would eventually create coal began to develop about 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period.

Coal | Types of Coal: Peat, Lignite, Bituminous Coal & Anthracite Coal

• Peat.
• Lignite.
• Bituminous Coal.
• Anthracite Coal.

The major disadvantage of coal is its negative impact on the environment. Coal-burning energy plants are a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to carbon monoxide and heavy metals like mercury, the use of coal releases sulfur dioxide, a harmful substance linked to acid rain.

Advantages of Coal as Power Plant Fuel

• Reliability. One of the greatest advantages of coal fired plants is reliability.
• Affordability.
• Abundance.
• Known technologies.
• Safety.
• Greenhouse gas emissions.
• Mining destruction.
• Generation of millions of tons of waste.

Disadvantages of Coal

• Coal is potentially radioactive. Other than abundant levels of carbon dioxide, coal also produces sufficient levels of outward radiation.
• Coal destroys natural habitats.
• Coal creates high levels of carbon emissions.
• Coal is a non-renewable source of energy.
• Coal can be Deadly.
• Emission of harmful substances by coal.

Here Are the Advantages of Coal

• It is available in an abundant supply.
• It has a high load factor.
• Coal offers a rather low capital investment.
• Carbon capture and storage technologies can reduce potential emissions.
• It can be converted into different formats.
• Coal can be used with renewables to reduce emissions.

Coal, the dirtiest and usually the cheapest option for energy, is now the world’s most expensive fossil fuel.

1kg of coal will create 8 kWh of power.

Australia Coal Price is at a current level of 86.74, down from 86.83 last month and up from 67.64 one year ago.

In India coal trading generally done on over the counter basis, in which price of coal is depend on settlement price of coal as per the quality of coal. Coal price is generally calculated on certain parameter moisture content, calorific value, ash content, sulfur content.

Natural gas and coal prices have fallen sharply since the start of 2020 due to weak demand and ample supply. European natural gas prices have fallen to multi-decade lows, and are down almost 40% since the start of 2020. U.S. natural gas prices have seen smaller declines, in part reflecting their already low levels.

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The top five countries with the largest proven coal reserves

1. United States – 249 billion tonnes.
2. Russia – 162 billion tonnes.
3. Australia – 149 billion tonnes.
4. China – 142 billion tonnes.
5. India – 106 billion tonnes.

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Australia

Coal beds form in parallel strips to the earth’s surface: the deeper the bed, the harder the coal. Large areas of coal are called coal reserves.

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