See also: NIOSH mining products
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1.0 (06-21-1994) |
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Windows® (all versions) |
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Mainly Children |
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Download the installation file to your computer and then execute it to decompress the necessary files into a directory on your hard disk (e.g., C:\COALCNTY). You can then run COALCNTY.EXE from that directory |
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Coal Country is a Windows program that teaches children about coal formation, deposit locations, mining techniques, and common uses of coal in everyday life.
What can children learn from Coal Country?:
- Coal is used to generate over 56% of electricity nationwide.
- Electricity from coal powers lights and heat, air conditioners, televisions, stereos, most kitchen appliances, and the life saving equipment in hospitals.
- The coal industry has been transformed by technology, and is now dominated by computers and high-technology machinery that increase safety, productivity, and environmental efficiency.
- America has the second largest coal reserves in the world--enough to last nearly 300 years.
- There are about 1,000 tons of recoverable coal for every man, woman, and child in the United States.
- New technology has resulted in steady declines in emissions from coal combustion.
- Even though coal use has nearly doubled in the last 20 years, its SO2 emissions are at their lowest levels since the 1930s.
For more information on Coal Country contact:
Kathleen M. Kowalski-Trakofler, Research Psychologist
Pittsburgh Research
Laboratory
412-386-4531
KTrakofler@cdc.gov
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