The Importance of Balance: Electricity in Mongolia | Ubpost News: "Looking at the International Energy Agency graphs on electricity production in Mongolia, one can see the dominance of coal. The only other source of electricity that even shows up is oil.
Both of these fuels are the dirtiest to use for producing electricity. The air pollution from them is about as bad as it gets. CO2 (carbon dioxide) production for each kilowatt hour of electricity is highest for coal, especially the softer coals. Oil is next in line. Natural gas produces a lot less CO2 for each kilowatt hour.
A kilowatt hour can be visualized as the running of a 1,000-watt lighting system for one hour. A 100-watt light bulb uses 0.1 kilowatt per hour. And you can figure it from there. It would be just 10 100 light bulbs and you get 1 kilowatt. You might want to check the wattage of your lights, televisions, radios, computers, and so forth and then add them all up to see how many kilowatts you are using every hour when these are running. A lot of you may be surprised by the results."
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