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    • Close up of a domestic coal fire.
    Rights: snyt-tact (Talk) Creative Commons 2.5 Published 10 June 2008 Size: 2.6 MB Referencing Hub media

    Coal is a non renewable fossil fuel and commonly used for domestic heating in fireplaces and also in power plants to generate electricity.

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      Non-renewable energy sources

      Energy comes from many sources, and to describe these sources we use two terms: renewable and non-renewable. Non-renewable energy resources cannot be replaced – once they are used up, they will ...

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