What are the merits and demerits of coal-fired power plant?

Question

what are the advantages and disadvantages by using coal-fired power plant?

Answer 1

I'd say that the major advantage is its ability to respond to rapidly varying load.

The disadvantage is the smoke emission which indirectly causes pollution and the problem in the transportation of coal to the plant

Answer 2

Merits: probably the cheapest power source available, and greater reserves than other fossil fuels.

Demerits: greatest CO2 production; sulphur dioxide and other pollution; cost of transport of solid fuel.

Answer 3

china is building 30 coal fired power plants a month.

We haven't built one in 30 years.

The merits of them are that they give you power at an affordable price.

The demerits is that when the environmentalist Whackos control congress, progress goes backwards.

That's why china will take over the world economically, politically, socially, and militarily. THey dont' have environmentalist whackos .