Coal’s Decline in Popularity
Learn about clean-coal technologies and the decline of coal’s popularity as an energy source.
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Coal is the largest and most abundant non-renewable energy source available in the United States. Throughout the twentieth century, coal was the most used energy resource for energy generation in the United States. However, coal’s popularity peaked in the middle of the twentieth century, and it has been on a steady decline ever since. Energy policy analysts and economists generally agree that the decline in coal’s popularity can be attributed to a variety of reasons, including increased...
