What environmental problems will be caused by using coal for thermal power generation?

The harm of coal combustion is mainly caused by four kinds:

1. The greenhouse effect is mainly caused by carbon dioxide. Among all the traditional fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) with the same quality, coal produces the most carbon dioxide, and lignite is the most abundant coal. At the same time, it should be noted that N2O is also a kind of greenhouse gas, which is produced by nitrogen in the process of coal burning, and its harm per unit volume is 270 times that of co2, so it is ignored because of its low content.

2. Acid rain refers to sulfur and nitrogen impurities contained in coal, which burn to form oxides and dissolve in water to form acid rain.

3. Eutrophication means that oxides produced by nitrogen impurities gather in nature.

4. Dust

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