Is there environmental problems in Coal based Thermal Power Plant?
Many. Burning coal is a crude way of making electricity. In the US, it’s being used less and less. A problem is China, which is building many coal burning power plants. Coal contains impurities such as sulfur and mercury. When burned sulfur dioxide and mercury vapor are emitted, which are very bad. Sulfur dioxide is regulated, but still causes some problems. Mercury is not regulated. But the biggest problem is that, per watt of energy, coal burning power plants emit more greenhouse gas than any other form of energy. You can see what that’s doing to our environment here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Clima… http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNe… There is a natural “carbon cycle” that recycles CO2. But it’s a delicate balance and we’re messing it up. Look at this graph.
