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Coal-fired power station, an Uncommon card
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Coal-fired power station quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Coal-fired power station card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By far the most coal power capacity is in China, followed by India and the ______ States.
Answer
United. By far the most coal power capacity is in China, followed by India and the United States. From the Coal-fired power station article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bermuda Triangle. Bermuda Triangle 1,300,000 · Atlantic salmon 140,000 · Brahmic scripts 100,000 · Coal-fired power station 49,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, on average capable of generating a gigawatt each.
- They generate about a third of the world's electricity, but cause many illnesses and the most early deaths per unit of energy produced, mainly from air pollution.
- By far the most coal power capacity is in China, followed by India and the United States.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Coal-fired power station article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Coal-fired power station
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Coal-fired power station (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Morgre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
