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Is there still plenty of coal that's easy to extract with primitive technology? If so, why hasn't it already been mined? (I would think the low-hanging fruit wo
by jarrett 12y ago
Is there still plenty of coal that's easy to extract with primitive technology? If so, why hasn't it already been mined? (I would think the low-hanging fruit would go first.)
- ghshephard 12y agoThe nice thing about coal is that you really just need a pickaxe and a bucket to mine it, and it's relatively close to the earth. Keep in mind that an Industrial scale coal mine needs to have massive veins in order to be efficient, so they aren't really interested in the smaller veins - but there is enough coal out there to jumpstart a new civilization many times over. http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=coal_reserves http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=coal_reser...