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    Coal

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    Global warming is a mixture of troubles including one specific carbon problem caused by the production coal and use of coal fired power plants. Americans overuse power‚ overeat food‚ overindulge in plug-in gadgets and overdo just about everything. Fossil fuels are used in our consumption of the overabundance of energy we use and waste. This overwhelming problem that centralizes around the use of coal‚ the filthiest source of energy‚ producing over 25% of our emissions and 75% of our emissions from

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    So is Europe‚ as it takes advantage of lower coal prices in the United States. Higher-priced natural gas on the Continent is creating demand for more coal imports from the United States‚ where coal is taking a drubbing from less expensive natural gas.l demand for coal is expected to grow to 8.9 billion tons by 2016 from 7.9 billion tons this year. China is expected to add about 160 new coal-fired plants to the 620 operating now‚ within four years. During that period‚ India will add more than 46 plants

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    Coal is made largely of carbon but also features other elements such as hydrogen‚ oxygen‚ sulfur and nitrogen. Coal starts off as a plant matter at the bottom of water and is eventually covered and deeply buried by sediments where over time metamorphosis takes place. When peat is altered physically and chemically. This process is called “coalification.” During coalification‚ peat undergoes several changes as a result of bacterial decay‚ compaction‚ heat and time. Peat deposits are varied and contain

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    Strike

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    A strike is a form of protest whereby a group of employees withhold labour in order to pressure employers into granting a particular demand. (Cambridge Dictionairies) Causes and effects of strikes in South Africa: Causes - Lack of transformation‚ mutual respect‚ trust‚ and socio-economic equity (SABC‚ 2014). - Dissatisfaction with pay or working and living conditions. Effects - Companies: financial losses‚ reduced productivity‚ profitability and market share‚ and delayed service delivery. Employees:

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    Mine Disasters

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    lives. Mine disasters once were really common. In the single year of 1907 there were 18 coal mine disasters.. Among the disasters in 1907 was history’s worst the Monongah coal mine explosion‚ which claimed 362 lives and impelled Congress to create the Bureau of Mines. I will discuss this disaster more later in this paper. Mine accidents have declined dramatically in number and severity through years of research‚ technology‚ and preventive programs. Today mine accidents resulting

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    Mine

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    signature--- * my planed date to take GRE: Oct 19‚ 13’ * want me to comment on another of your essays?! Comment on mine and‚ in a deserved way worth how you revise mine‚ I will repond to one of your essay where other essays of the same topic have not yet commented by me. If possible‚ please post your essay to be reviewed in a new thread; else you could wonder if a comment is for your essay or mine. * Comments on another’s essay is itself an argument essay. I will formalize all

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    Mine Nationalization

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    Mine Nationalization Proposals Mine nationalization has been a topic of discussion in South Africa for the past two years. South African mines are the fifth largest in the world and produce more than 80% of the world’s platinum. Other minerals found within the country are coal‚ gold‚ and diamonds. There are many opposing views surrounding the issue‚ which leads one to believe South African mines will not be nationalized. For Nationalization: * Redistribution of wealth; private ownership

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    Strikes

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    Strike [Sec. 2 (q)]: Strike means "a cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any industry acting in combination or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed‚ to continue to work or to accept employment". Mere stoppage of work does not come within the meaning of strike unless it can be shown that such stoppage of work was a concerted action for the enforcement of an industrial demand.  Procedure of Strikes  According to Sec

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    Mines

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    Asha Arnold Professor Holzmeister English 1102 15 April 2010 The Various Roles of a Mother in Susan Straight’s “Mines” Susan Straight’s short story “Mines” centers on the main character‚ Clarette. Clarette‚ like many mothers have to juggle many aspects of life at the same time. Clarette is the epitome of the hardworking woman in a “man’s world”. Straight parallels the working life and family life of Clarette to depict the struggle that mothers have to go through to provide for their families

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    Coal Mining

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    for condition monitoring (CM). Before applying CM one shall investigate a key point in monitored machinery‚ what tools and methods need to be applied in order to minimise the cost of CM in harsh industrial environment as an open pit or underground mine is. The paper focus on the first step in condition‚ i.e. estimation of the scale of a problem: the most frequent failures‚ types and the location of failures and their importance in the context of maintenance of a conveyor belt transportation system

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