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  • Oil refinery

    An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemicals feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced directly by cracking crude oil …

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  • Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index

    These locations now mainly supply Bitcoin miners with either coal- or gas-based electricity, which has also boosted the carbon intensity of the electricity used for Bitcoin mining. The article highlights that the average carbon intensity of electricity consumed by the Bitcoin network may have increased from 478.27 gCO2/kWh on average in 2020 to ...

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  • Coal Mine

    Gain a new perspective on energy as you witness the mechanical might and engineering ingenuity that goes into harvesting coal. You may just see light switches in a whole new way. As much as coal mining has changed since 1933, the classic experience of a Coal Mine visit remains one-of-a-kind. Tours occur every 30 minutes.

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  • Fossil Energy Study Guide: 300 million years ago

    Coal is used primarily in the United States to generate electricity. In fact, it is burned in power plants to produce more than half of the electricity we use. A stove uses about half a ton of coal a year. A water heater uses about two tons of coal a year. And a refrigerator, that's another half-ton a year. Even though you may never see coal ...

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  • Machine

    The hand axe, made by chipping flint to form a wedge, in the hands of a human transforms force and movement of the tool into a transverse splitting forces and movement of the workpiece.The hand axe is the first example of a wedge, the oldest of the six classic simple machines, from which most machines are based.The second oldest simple machine was the inclined plane …

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    Key Findings. California voters have now received their mail ballots, and the November 8 general election has entered its final stage. Amid rising prices and economic uncertainty—as well as deep partisan divisions over social and political issues—Californians are processing a great deal of information to help them choose state constitutional officers and …

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    Forensic scientists in Tulsa will continue to examine the exhumed burials. Police said they were killed with an "edged weapon" like a knife. "I thought he was going to shoot me too." The officer ...

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  • Fact Sheet #43: Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor

    Power-driven metal-forming, punching and shearing machines—bans the operation of certain power-driven metal-working machines but permits the use of most machine tools. HO 9. Mining, other than coal— bans most jobs in mining at metal mines, quarries, aggregate mines, and other mining sites including underground work in mines, work in or ...

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  • Gold & Platinum

    RIAA's historic Gold® & Platinum® Program defines success in the recorded music industry. Originally conceived to honor artists and track sound recording sales, Gold & Platinum Awards have come to stand as a benchmark of success for any artist—whether they've just released their first song or Greatest Hits album. Check out our interactive timeline to learn about the …

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  • Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam …

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  • Machines Used in Coal Mining

    Machines Used in Coal Mining Continuous Miner. More than two-thirds of coal …

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  • Crusher

    In industry, crushers are machines which use a metal surface to break or compress materials into small fractional chunks or denser masses. Throughout most of industrial history, the greater part of crushing and mining part of the process occurred under muscle power as the application of force concentrated in the tip of the miners pick or sledge hammer driven drill bit.

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