On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:19:28 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Derek ^ wrote:
Coal, Let's face it nobody wanted it. I don't know of anybody with a
house heated by coal, it's dirty, polluting, inefficient and hard
work.

It's a source of energy. And it can be converted into a clean and
efficient fuel - in a similar way that we don't burn raw oil.

It's far, far worse than oil and certainly gas from the pollution and
climate change point of view, and processing coal creates some very
nasty chemicals.

DG