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The coal miner I know comes from a special breed of man who works in the darkness under dangerous conditions and breathes the coal dust that gives him black lung and no hope of a retirement future. The work is dirty and dangerous and many lost their lives due to the neglect of mine operators and poor implementation of State and Federal laws regulating the way mining should be conducted. I am the son of a Kentucky coal miner, I was raised in a coal camp, and in my OWN words I want to document this life on the web site
Twentieth Century Coal Miners
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That one ton of coal = 5 barrels of oil. = 30,000 ft of natural gas. *Approximate figures that depend on grade of coal being considered and particular composition of oil and gas.
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If all the energy of a lump of coal could be used (E=mc^2) it would keep a light bulb going for a million years.!
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Black Lung kills almost 1,500 miners each year.
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Coal generates more than half of the electricity used in the Unites States.
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A typical train car holds between 115 and 117 tons of coal.
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Twentieth Century
Coal Mining in the 20Th Century was extremely difficult for the miners and their families.They had many complaints about their occupation. The underground work was dangerous, dirty, and often damp. Miners working in the underground tunnels could not stand straight, ceilings in the tunnels being too low. They picked and shoveled the coal for ten hours a day. Miners breathed stale dusty air, and many developed a breathing ailment known today as "Black Lung."
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If it were not for naturally occurring greenhouse gases, the Earth would be too cold to support life as we know it. Without the greenhouse effect, the average temperature of the Earth would be about -2°F rather than the 57°F we currently experience
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