Energy from Coal

Surface Coal Mining effects on the environment. The world's largest machines are used to extract coal to generate electricity. Mining has caused and continues to cause serious and extensive environmental damage, including pollution of water, depletion of water supply, destruction of land, harm to health and safety, and the serious disruption of community life.
This video was made in the Lower Rhine coal mining district in western Germany.
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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• coal
• mining
• environment
• excavators
• energy
• giant
• machines

[Curtizw18]

This man speaks the truth! everyone else stfu!

[KTR94]

gota luv modern technology

[sertox12345]

my god just eating away at mother eartyh wow

[alanheath]

@Allante715 I would love to believe that 800 turbines can replace one coal fired plant. But I fear that is not possible. I agree that nuclear is the only way to go for the present. Much is said about the dangers - and I agree - but no-one ever mentions how many lives are saved by electricity produced by nuclear plants.

I would love to believe that green energy can replace coal and nuclear but we live in a real world.

[crazygeek777]

@jbash1970 *Cough* Nuclear energy *Cough*

[michaeljones764]

@TheJoshsam

ah right. the russain coal we get is a brownish colour n crap for burning

[jeremysnowdenz]

Awesome how the coal mining works. Pretty awesome! Thanks for the post.

[TheJoshsam]

@michaeljones764

In the Rurh they need to dig of the first top layers to get to the coal. No crap coal buddy.

[michaeljones764]

just a note, either that is crap coal or its rock. last time i looked at the coal heap at work it was black..........

[jbash1970]

I work at a coal company in Western Kentucky we have a few hundred emplyees working right now and that is great. What I want to know is what are all of you tree huggers and your children going to do if guys like us weren't mining coal? I know your butts would be sitting in the dark or froze to death that's where you would be. I wish there was a quick solution but there's not. But until something more dependable comes along we have to use what we have got. Do you understand?

[poplglop]

Seriously does it take more energy to run that thing than the amount of coal they get out of it!!!

[DammitDrag]

@BrothersFreedive you first.