Coal - a school project 3/4


What is the need of coal?

Coal was first used to heat up homes and to cook meals. Now in the 21 century we still use coal but in a different way. We use coal for electricity, to heat water and to make steel. Coal is a very needed source of power in Australia.

Australians don't only need coal to power things or to heat things we also use it to help our country. You would think how could black coal help our country? It helps because every single year the Australian coal companies get 6 billion dollars alone. That's a lot of money. The money comes from different buyers all over the world.

Unfortunately for every good there is a bad. Coal is one of the most polluting types of energy when it comes to the green house affects. Coal sends so much Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere it's terrible. Though now it is very cheap, in the near future we will be paying, maybe not with money, but with lives….