Coal
Subtitle: the big polluter?
By: Jim Pipe
Series: World energy issues
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445101965; 9781445101934
Subjects: Coal; Environmental aspects; Coal mines and mining; Juvenile literature
Description: Coal is a fossil fuel, and as supplies of oil run out we will need to find other sources of energy. The race is on to find ways to burn this fossil fuel more efficiently or trap the carbon dioxide it produces underground.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Ages 9+
Table of contents: title: Why coal?; title: What is coal?; title: Mining coal; title: Transporting coal; title: Electricity from coal; title: Coal in industry; title: Gas and liquids from coal; title: Coal the polluter; title: The future of coal; title: More efficient power stations; title: Cleaner coal; title: Hot of the press; title: How coal compares.