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Stanford University

Coal - Mining, Processing, Transportation, and Environmental Impacts

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This lecture surveys coal’s significance, properties, supply chain, use in electricity generation, and environmental and social impacts. It also touches on coal’s economics and future.

Syllabus

00:00 Introduction
06:22 Significance of Coal
16:42 What is Coal?
19:58 How Does it Work? Upstream: Mining and Processing
35:30 How Does it Work? Midstream: Transportation
38:14 How Does it Work? Downstream: Electricity Generation
40:53 Environmental & Social Impacts
54:38 Economics and the Future of Coal

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Stanford Understand Energy

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