Chapter 5 Myriah Santistevan Demand of Electricity Increase in Energy between 19902007 Oil by 253 Coal by 425 End Coal Redheaded stepchild of the modern business Premature Deaths London China ID: 549247
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Coal Hard FactsChapter 5
Myriah SantistevanSlide2
Demand of Electricity
Increase in Energy between 1990-2007
Oil by 25.3%
Coal by 42.5%
End Coal
“Red-headed stepchild of the modern business”
Premature Deaths (London, China)
Wide-spread use of mountaintop-removal mining
Pollution
Acid rain
Airborne Particles
High levels of Mercury
Lead (176000
lbs
)
Chromium (161000
lbs
)
Arsenic (100000
lbs
)Slide3
Electricity Generation
Biggest Increase
Between
1990-2007
China (452%)
Indonesia (353%)
United Arab Emirates (352%)
Malaysia (321%)
Qatar (307%)
Global increased by 70%
U.S. electric output rose 35.5%
Highest Per-Capita Electricity Consumption
Iceland
Norway
Finland
Canada
QatarSlide4
Electricity Generation
Lowest Energy Consumption
Gaza
Chad
Burundi
Central African Republic
Rwanda
Much of the new power is generated with coal
“To help bring people out of poverty we need to help them increase the amount of electricity they generate and distribute.”-Alan PasternakSlide5
Not controlled by an organization
like Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
The US is adding coal-firing capacity at a rate that is far greater than the rates for wind and solar capacity
(1995-2008)
Coal-284,959,000
additional megawatt hours per year
Wind-48,862,000
megawatt hours per
yearSolar-346,000 megawatt hours per year
Coal Production is I
ncreasingSlide6
Questions?Slide7
My Questions
Name two types of pollution that coal gives off.
What is coal known as in the business world?