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	[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]		[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]

	<onlyinclude>'''Peat''' is a soft, crumbly, dark brown substance that is formed as generations of dead and partially decaying [[biomass\|organic matter]]. To form peat, the vegetation must fall and be buried in a relatively [[molecular oxygen\|oxygen]] poor environment so that it can be incorporated into layers of the soil without completely decomposing.</onlyinclude><ref name="geo"> Stephen Marshak. (May 13, 2015). ''Earth: Portrait of a Planet'', 3rd ed. New York, NY, U.S.A:W.W. Norton & Company, 2008</ref> Peat contains energy that the plants it contains created using [[photosynthesis]]. Although the peat used today is older, the material is still being formed today in bogs around the world.<ref name="wolfson"> Richard Wolfson. ''Energy, Environment and Climate'', 2nd ed. New York, U.S.A.: Norton, 2012</ref>		<onlyinclude>'''Peat''' is a soft, crumbly, dark brown substance that is formed from generations of dead and partially decaying [[biomass\|organic matter]]. To form peat, the vegetation must fall and be buried in a relatively [[molecular oxygen\|oxygen]] poor environment so that it can be incorporated into layers of the soil without completely decomposing.</onlyinclude><ref name="geo"> Stephen Marshak. (May 13, 2015). ''Earth: Portrait of a Planet'', 3rd ed. New York, NY, U.S.A:W.W. Norton & Company, 2008</ref> Peat contains energy that the plants it contains created using [[photosynthesis]]. Although the peat used today is older, the material is still being formed today in bogs around the world.<ref name="wolfson"> Richard Wolfson. ''Energy, Environment and Climate'', 2nd ed. New York, U.S.A.: Norton, 2012</ref>

	Peat is the first step in the [[Coal formation\|formation of coal]], and slowly becomes [[lignite]] after [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] increase as sediment is piled on top of the partially decaying organic matter. In order to be turned into coal, the peat must be buried from 4-10 km deep by sediment.<ref name="geo"/> Since peat becomes coal over time, it is classified as a ''fossil product''.<ref name="wolfson"/>		Peat is the first step in the [[Coal formation\|formation of coal]], and slowly becomes [[lignite]] after [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] increase as sediment is piled on top of the partially decaying organic matter. In order to be turned into coal, the peat must be buried from 4-10 km deep by sediment.<ref name="geo"/> Since peat becomes coal over time, it is classified as a ''fossil product''.<ref name="wolfson"/>

	Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 50%,<ref name="~~geo~~"/> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only ~~1500~~ [[~~calorie~~\|~~kcal~~]]/[[kilogram\|kg]].<ref name="~~geo~~"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely. Look at different years to see how this use has changed.		Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 60%,<ref name ="table">P. Breeze, Coal-Fired Generation. Elsevier Science, 2015.</ref> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only 15 [[joule\|MJ]]/[[kilogram\|kg]].<ref name ="table"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely. Look at different years to see how this use has changed.

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	[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]		[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]

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	Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 50%,<ref name="geo"/> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only 1500 [[calorie\|kcal]]/[[kilogram\|kg]].<ref name="geo"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely. Look at different years to see how this use has changed.		Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 50%,<ref name="geo"/> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only 1500 [[calorie\|kcal]]/[[kilogram\|kg]].<ref name="geo"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely. Look at different years to see how this use has changed.

	~~<center>~~<html><iframe ~~style = border:0 src~~="~~http://www.energyeducation.ca/simulations/database/ireland.php~~ " ~~width="520px" height="520px" scrolling~~='no'></iframe></html~~></center~~>		<html><iframe class="data-visualization location-Ireland topic-Total_primary_energy_supply offset-Peat_and_peat_products" id='oecd-pie'></iframe></html>
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	[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]		[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]

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	Peat is the first step in the [[Coal formation\|formation of coal]], and slowly becomes [[lignite]] after [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] increase as sediment is piled on top of the partially decaying organic matter. In order to be turned into coal, the peat must be buried from 4-10 km deep by sediment.<ref name="geo"/> Since peat becomes coal over time, it is classified as a ''fossil product''.<ref name="wolfson"/>		Peat is the first step in the [[Coal formation\|formation of coal]], and slowly becomes [[lignite]] after [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] increase as sediment is piled on top of the partially decaying organic matter. In order to be turned into coal, the peat must be buried from 4-10 km deep by sediment.<ref name="geo"/> Since peat becomes coal over time, it is classified as a ''fossil product''.<ref name="wolfson"/>

	Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 50%,<ref name="geo"/> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only 1500 [[calorie\|kcal]]/[[kilogram\|kg]].<ref name="geo"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely.		Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 50%,<ref name="geo"/> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only 1500 [[calorie\|kcal]]/[[kilogram\|kg]].<ref name="geo"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely. Look at different years to see how this use has changed.

	<center><html><iframe style = border:0 src="http://www.energyeducation.ca/simulations/database/ireland.php " width="520px" height="520px" scrolling='no'></iframe></html></center>		<center><html><iframe style = border:0 src="http://www.energyeducation.ca/simulations/database/ireland.php " width="520px" height="520px" scrolling='no'></iframe></html></center>

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[[File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg|400px|framed|right|Figure 1. Cuttings of peat from a peat bog.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 13, 2015). ''Peat Cuttings'' [Online]. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg#/media/File:Peat_cuttings_near_Unasary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176303.jpg</ref>]]

<onlyinclude>'''Peat''' is a soft, crumbly, dark brown substance that is formed as generations of dead and partially decaying [[biomass|organic matter]]. To form peat, the vegetation must fall and be buried in a relatively [[molecular oxygen|oxygen]] poor environment so that it can be incorporated into layers of the soil without completely decomposing.</onlyinclude><ref name="geo"> Stephen Marshak. (May 13, 2015). ''Earth: Portrait of a Planet'', 3rd ed. New York, NY, U.S.A:W.W. Norton & Company, 2008</ref> Peat contains energy that the plants it contains created using [[photosynthesis]]. Although the peat used today is older, the material is still being formed today in bogs around the world.<ref name="wolfson"> Richard Wolfson. ''Energy, Environment and Climate'', 2nd ed. New York, U.S.A.: Norton, 2012</ref>

Peat is the first step in the [[Coal formation|formation of coal]], and slowly becomes [[lignite]] after [[pressure]] and [[temperature]] increase as sediment is piled on top of the partially decaying organic matter. In order to be turned into coal, the peat must be buried from 4-10 km deep by sediment.<ref name="geo"/> Since peat becomes coal over time, it is classified as a ''fossil product''.<ref name="wolfson"/>

Although peat is not used widely to generate [[electricity]] as it has a low [[carbon]] content, less than 50%,<ref name="geo"/> it is still used for domestic heating in some places around the world.<ref name="wolfson"/> It is cut out of peat bogs in slabs, dried out, and used to warm houses and cook. Compared to coal products, peat has a much lower [[energy density]] of only 1500 [[calorie|kcal]]/[[kilogram|kg]].<ref name="geo"/> Below is an interactive pie chart that shows how much peat Ireland uses. Even though Ireland is one of the countries that uses peat the most, you can see that it still makes up a very small amount of their [[primary energy]] use, especially in more recent years where alternatives are being used more widely.

<center><html><iframe style = border:0 src="http://www.energyeducation.ca/simulations/database/ireland.php " width="520px" height="520px" scrolling='no'></iframe></html></center>
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