Coal Energy is a form of energy that is natural and comes directly from the Earth. Coal is an important natural source of energy and was initially developed from plant and vegetative life that has been buried in the Earth’s crust many millions of years ago. The vegetation that created coal was compressed at high pressures and created an element known as peat. This peat eventually turned into coal. Coal was once a living material and as such, is known as a fossil fuel, and like other fossil fuels such as natural gas and petroleum, it is carbon-based. Because coal is a fossil fuel, it is able to be burned, and this is what creates coal energy.
Coal Energy is a form of energy that is known to be non-renewable. In other words, the Earth only has a finite supply of coal energy and as such, if it is used too much, one day we will run out of it. Non-renewable energy sources are just that, energy sources that can not be re-created, or renewed to continue to supply energy.