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Cost of coal and cost of coal-powered electricity
Electricity in the US is roughly $0.10/kWh, and US coal generates about 2,000kWh/ton. Multiplying those tells us that the retail cost of electricity is $200 per ton of coal consumed, so a minemouth cost of $10/ton for coal represents only 5% of the overall retail price. - Read More
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Natural gas in USA
Natural gas supplies 23% o US total primary energy requirements. Oil accounts for 41 and coal 24% (year? likely to be around 2000)
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Coal in the USA
Coal is found in 38 states in the US
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Big George - Richest Coal Seam in the World?
In the middle (of the USA?), thousand feet below the surface (out of reach of coal miners) an immense coal field known as "Big George" - this would be two hundred feet thick, one of the single richest coal seams in the world
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