Pub. 4 2014 Issue 1

4 AT THE CENTER OF UTAH INDUSTRY 8 President’s Message From the coal mined inUtah that accounts for approximately 80% of the state’s electricity generation, to the uranium used to power our nation’s nuclear energy reactors, to the copper, molybdenum, iron ore, lead, zinc, and other important metals and minerals that make renewable energy possible, mining is critical to making our modern life work. A New Kind of Triple Play: Real Estate, Mining, and Renewable Energy It is instructive to take a quick look at the different power sources for electricity in the U.S. Coal and the Urban U.S. The increase of urbanization will be the continuation of a trend that has been at work for a while now. Electricity and Coal Imaginewhat lifewould be like if you didn’t have electricity—ever. Even worse, imagine trying to cook if you didn’t have cooking fuel that was clean. 6 8 11 11 18 Nuclear Power in the U.S. Atoms are tiny particles thatmakeupevery object in theuniverse. Nuclear energy is energy in the nucleus (core) of an atom. There is enormous energy in the bonds that hold the nucleus together. Energy is released when those bonds are broken. Putting the Sun to Work The Sun is an ideal energy source. According to Nature’s chief news and feature editor in 2006, it producesmore energy in one hour than the entire world uses. Metals and Mineral Products used to Make a Solar Panel What Metals and Mineral Products are Needed to Make Wind Turbines? If it Can’t Be Grown, It Has to Be Mined! 22 24 18 16 26 ..