Uses for Coal Today.

• Coal is still used a lot today. • There are many other types of fuels being

used so coal is not longer the number 1 fuel type.

• We use coal for the same reasons they were used during the Industrial Revolution.

• Coal is used as a liquid fuel, electricity, steel production, and cement manufacturing..

Coal in Schuylkill county

• Coal mining came to an end after the World War II and the Great Depression.

• Coal was no longer in as much of demand because other fossil fuel were being used such as natural gases and oil.

• There is still four billion tons of coal in the ground in Schuylkill county.

What other types of fuels are used besides coal?

• There are other types of fossil fuels, but there is also cleaner fuels.

• Some clean fuels are; water power, sun power, and wind power.

Water Power

• Water is run through a hydro-generator to produce electricity.

• Water Power is renewable, clean, and cheap. • Water Power does not produce a lot of

electricity during summer months when water evaporates.

Wind Power

• A wind Turbine is used to create electricity.• Wind power is cheap because wind is free! • Wind power is alsorenewable. • Wind Turbines take upa lot of space. They also can harm birds.

Sun/ Solar Power• Solar Power is when the sun creates electricity. • The suns light is a form of energy and when it hits certain objects it

can create electricity. • A solar panel has the certain

objects in it that absorbs the suns like and creates electricity.

• Solar energy can be very expensive to start because

solar panel are not cheap! • Solar energy also does not work

when the sun is down.

Statue in Minersville Pa. A tribute to the

miners who risked their lives to provide fuel

for the Industrial Revolution.