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ET100 W7Assignment.docx ET 100 Consulting for Coal ET 100 Week 7 Assignment The United States has one hundred and ninety-one coal burning power plants in operation as of the year 2021 according... to an article on the website https://coal.sierraclub.org/. This number has decreased significantly over the past twenty years. By the way energy consumption and production is progressing in the United States, coal does not seem to be a viable long-term option due to the effects on the environment. Though coal is not a viable long-term solution for our energy, it is a reliable solution until scientists develop more efficient forms of electricity production. Currently, there are four other main sources of green electricity. Those being solar, wind, hydro, nuclear and geothermal. There are sixty geothermal power plants in the United States in 2020 according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/749659/us-geothermal-p. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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