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<blockquote data-quote="Campground Cattle" data-source="post: 118261" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>The U.S. is in no danger of running out of coal:</p><p>at current consumption rates U.S. recoverable</p><p>coal reserves are estimated to last for over 250</p><p>years. The U.S. currently has over one-quarter</p><p>of the world's recoverable coal, more than</p><p>Russia and over twice that of China. This</p><p>compares to the U.S.'s oil reserves that are 2%</p><p>of the world's total and natural gas which are</p><p>3%. Our nation's recoverable coal has the</p><p>energy content equivalent of one trillion barrels</p><p>of oil, a figure comparable to all the world's</p><p>known oil reserves.</p><p>Coal reserves are found in 38 states. Electricity</p><p>generated from coal is consumed in 50 states,</p><p>including the District of Columbia.</p><p>In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September</p><p>11, 2001, at the request of the President, the</p><p>National Academy of Sciences formed a</p><p>Committee on Science and Technology for</p><p>Countering Terrorism to assess the vulnerability</p><p>of the major U.S. infrastructure systems to</p><p>terrorist attacks. As part of this effort, the</p><p>Committee conducted an exhaustive analysis of</p><p>the vulnerability of U.S. energy systems,</p><p>including nuclear power, oil, natural gas, coal,</p><p>and the electric power system. In its report 1/,</p><p>the Committee found that all aspects of the</p><p>energy system have various degrees of</p><p>vulnerability. However, it found that coal was</p><p>the least vulnerable to terrorism and that this</p><p>vulnerability was so small that it did not even</p><p>require further assessment or remedy.</p><p>Coal is abundant, decentralized, and presents</p><p>less of a target to accidental or purposeful</p><p>destruction. Its sources and uses are</p><p>decentralized, and it poses less catastrophic</p><p>potential compared to alternative sources of</p><p>energy. Neither accidental nor purposeful</p><p>"spills" of coal are catastrophic to the</p><p>environment, nor are they potentially explosive.</p><p>Thus, unique among the components of the</p><p>U.S. energy system, coal is the most secure</p><p>from the threat of terrorism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campground Cattle, post: 118261, member: 195"] The U.S. is in no danger of running out of coal: at current consumption rates U.S. recoverable coal reserves are estimated to last for over 250 years. The U.S. currently has over one-quarter of the world's recoverable coal, more than Russia and over twice that of China. This compares to the U.S.'s oil reserves that are 2% of the world's total and natural gas which are 3%. Our nation's recoverable coal has the energy content equivalent of one trillion barrels of oil, a figure comparable to all the world's known oil reserves. Coal reserves are found in 38 states. Electricity generated from coal is consumed in 50 states, including the District of Columbia. In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, at the request of the President, the National Academy of Sciences formed a Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism to assess the vulnerability of the major U.S. infrastructure systems to terrorist attacks. As part of this effort, the Committee conducted an exhaustive analysis of the vulnerability of U.S. energy systems, including nuclear power, oil, natural gas, coal, and the electric power system. In its report 1/, the Committee found that all aspects of the energy system have various degrees of vulnerability. However, it found that coal was the least vulnerable to terrorism and that this vulnerability was so small that it did not even require further assessment or remedy. Coal is abundant, decentralized, and presents less of a target to accidental or purposeful destruction. Its sources and uses are decentralized, and it poses less catastrophic potential compared to alternative sources of energy. Neither accidental nor purposeful "spills" of coal are catastrophic to the environment, nor are they potentially explosive. Thus, unique among the components of the U.S. energy system, coal is the most secure from the threat of terrorism. [/QUOTE]
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