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Sources of EnergyNon-Renewable EnergyCoalCoal is a fossil fuel formed over millions of years from decomposing plants. Coal is mainly burned in power stations to make electricity and as a source of heat for industry. Most of the electricity generated in Australia comes from burning coal. When coal is burned it produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the gases responsible for the enhanced greenhouse effect (the increase in the world's temperature due to the increased insulating effect of the earth's atmosphere). |
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