Powered by Rock – Week 2

COAL

Coal consumption 1980-2011 (from Wikimedia Commons)

Lecture notes (pdf): 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect2_coal_mini

Lecture notes (PowerPoint): 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect2_coal

Energy from fossil fuels – a short explanation of the chemical reactions that allow us to extract energy from hydrocarbons, by Western Oregon University.

Coal – guide from the Minerals UK section of the British Geological Survey.

Coal statistics from the UK Government.

World coal statistics from UK Coal.

Coal mining statistics from the National Coal Mining Museum.

 

Earth scientist in York, fossilist across Yorkshire. Co-director of the Yorkshire Fossil Festival and palaeontologist for hire. Can be found twittering, facebooking, and instagramming as @fossiliam.

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