1. Fossil Fuels Coal Coal Seam in Independence Park in Marquette Heights, IL . Power Lines from Coal Burning Power Plant in Pekin, IL
2. Coal is cheap, plentiful and dirty -- as cheap as dirt, as plentiful as dirt, and as dirty as dirt -- since after all, coal is little more than dirt that burns.
11. Ranks of Coal Lignite Subbituminous Bituminous Anthracite Time of Formation 7000 BTU/lb 9,000 BTU/lb 12,000 BTU/lb 15,000 BTU/lb Low T, P High T, P Formation Conditions Lowest Grade U.S. Coal Highest Grade U.S. Coal % C