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Coal from Wyoming and Appalachian
It is sometimes cheaper to import low sulphur coal from Wyoming than to remove sulphur from Appalachian coal
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Acid rain due to sulphur and nitrogen
Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and infrastructure. Acid rain is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids.
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Sulphut a contributor to acid rain
Sulfur di oxide released from coal burned in power plants, when in air, gets further oxidised to sulphuric acid and becomes a major contributor to acid rain
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Removing sulfur from oil and gas
In liquid crude oil or in natural gas, it is possible to remove the sulfur before marketing the product. In solid coal, no such luck
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Elements in coal
A chunk of coal contains virtually every element in the periodic table and the ratio of these elements - to carbon is important in determining not only how the coal burns in the boiler of a power plant but also how much pollution it gives off
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Sulfur in coal
A ton of bituminous coal from Illinois might easily have 10 times as much sulfur as a ton from Western Virginia
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