Coal (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Freese
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Current affairs, environment, history, natural history, and technology
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, History, Science and technology
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Nature, England or English people, Mines, miners, or mining, Environment or environmental health, China or Chinese people, Industry, Technology, Great Britain, Coal or coal mining, Minerals or mineral resources, Energy, Greenhouse effect or global warming
Coal: A Human History illustrates that this familiar carboniferous mineral has played a key role in human advancement. Although in recent times oil and natural gas have come into prominence as energy resources, to a surprising degree society’s reliance on coal is ongoing. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, coal-fired plants produced more than half the electricity in the United States. As Barbara Freese explains, coal is a uniquely accessible and historically important storage medium for solar energy.
Freese became interested in coal through her experiences as...
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