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If all the coal and liquid petroleum products used as an energy resource in the USA in one year were placed in an area the size of the continental USA, how thick would each layer be?
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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the USA consumed about 586 million short tons (1 short ton = 2,000 pounds) of coal and about 7.3 billion barrels of petroleum products in 2020. To convert the coal consumption to pounds, we multiply the Show more…
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