Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Old Coal Bucket


Mixed in with the soil and under the soil in our little town is coal. Little chunks, large chunks, tiny fine pieces of coal called "slack" and coal or slate that has burned off which is called "Red Dog." Long ago when most of the homes had coal furnaces, pot belly stoves or heaterolas if you did not order coal, you picked it yourself. To save money, many men went with their pics and coal buckets digging for coal. My mother loved to pick coal while taking me for a walk, always carrying her coal bucket with her. (If you have seen the coal buckets you will know what I am talking about.

About Coal Seam Gas
Coal Seam Gas, CSG is also known as coal seam methane and this is found naturally within the coal deposits. Coal Seam Gas is formed from the coal and has been held within the coal under pressure. This gas is mainly composed of methane gas which is also an important component of natural gas. CSG refers to the methane that is absorbed into the solid matter or matrix of the coal. This gas does contain a few percents of carbon dioxide though. It has been found that some coal seams like the ones at Illawarra Coal Measures situated in the New South Wales Gas Reserves, Australia. This gas contains a little methane with the main coal seam gas being carbon dioxide.

Chinese Antiques Brilliance, Coal Plants CO2 - Filters, or Hell on Earth
Marco Polo did not drag sacks of coal back from China, rather diamonds and gemstones. Pollution on this world map measures NO2 in the air, that is dirty coal emissions. Hello, there Black Hat Wong Coal. Look at you spew, Bart Coal: you should be ashamed of yourself. China has much dirty coal, Canada and Australia also has the coal. Just smiling bins of diamonds, gemstones, net price low bids.