COAL: Advantages: coal found/used in areas where there's not a lot of hydro power. Employes a lot of people to mine
Disadvantages: mining and harm to the earth Death of miners, both fast (cave in) and slow (lungs). Pollution as it burns Must be transported after being mined
OIL;
Advantages: Employes a lot of people Our only current means of transporting large numbers of people (gas/oil/fuel) I can come up with no other reasonable advantages
Disadvantages: Oil spills Transportation and pumping costs Financial support of terorist countries Harm to wildlife habitat
NATURAL GAS: Advantages: A by-product that use to just be burned of but is now used Employes large numbers of people Burns cleanly Relatively inexpensive
disadvantages: Exsposive Transportation/shipping/piping costs Toxic if acidentally released (without burning) Support of terrorist countries
