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right back in you'll hear a tale a tale of coal well

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yeah it didn't sound exciting to us either that's why we spiced it up with [Book titled the story of coal]

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some Gilligan's Island love I know we got your attention the story of coal

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here's mother nature's recipe for coal oh and uh we're on good terms with her [Mother nature holding 2 plates of coal]

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so well she didn't mind sharing it with us already cold forsake of swampy

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forests the swampy er and mucky or the better for extra zip at a hearty dollop [Dinosaur in a swamp]

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of green slime now cover all that slimy swampy goulash with dirt that's right [Chef holding a bowl of green slime]

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good old-fashioned dirt layers and layers and layers of it wouldn't

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recommend serving this at potluck any kind of spoon well now that we have our [Sous-chef adding dirt to the bowl]

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sludgy swampy goop pressed under massive amounts of soil we only have one final

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step well let's let it all stew in its own juices for a few million years okay [Chef with a long grey beard]

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we didn't say it was a quick recipe and it's usually not great for potluck well [Skeletons sat round the restaurant table]

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the process of decay that produces coal is called carbonization this is because

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time and pressure are concentrating all the forest carbon into black carbon rock

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because it's nearly pure carbon coal has very high energy density if we took a [Coal being burnt]

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chunk of coal and a piece of wood and set them on fire the coal would release

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three times as much energy its Mun would step up your game however not all coal [Guy sets the 2 alight and gets a black face]

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is created equal there are lots of different types of

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coal with the most important being bituminous an answer asite well the two

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minutes coal has a lower carbon content and a lot more junky dirty stuff mixed [Smoke pouring out of a factory chimney]

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in answer a site on the other hand is the purest kind of coal so it burns to

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clean it and have the most potential energy you can think of the cumin of

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coal as watering gas station coffee and the anthracite as freshly brewed double

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shot espresso or meant that in the best way possible we love watery gas station [Two women sat in a garden drinking coffee]

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coffee yeah it's like that water and diesel

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