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What is the major energy resource used to generate electricity around the globe and why?
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What is the major energy resource used to generate electricity around the globe and why?

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Worldwide, coal is, because it's cheap, plentiful, easy to obtain, easy to transport, easy to store, easy to handle, carries lots of chemical energy, burns easily, and neither it nor its waste products are immediately and obviously toxic or deadly.
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