What is 'The Big Vein'?
Correct answer: A coal deposit in Maryland, USA
Guillermo
Player #118357, but you still used electricity.. probably made with coal.. to power your phone to play Quizzland... fascinating!!
Player #118357
I hate when people say "clean burning" in reference to coal. It's misleading. There's no such thing.
JF
Player #118357, anthracite is a harder coal that burns cleaner than bituminous, but is not clean like natural gas or electric.
Player Meyer
Very interesting
PopPop the Shark
JF, It takes some other energy to produce electricity.
CrankyWillOWisp90241
Player #598886, I grew up in Bedford, PA. I had relatives in Cumberland and Keyser WV.
PerkyLin
Guillermo, Until 2028, there is still one plant in use locally.
Player #16010350
Player #118357, where do you think power comes from for electric cars batteries?
Sal Goombah
Player #118357, with the scrubbers on the coal fired plants the air coming out of the plants is cleaner than the air that we breathe
Guillermo Jr.
that was also my CB handle in 1974
Steve
Maryland Proud.
karnageddon88
Borderlands reference!!!