Juan argues that when you burn coal, you use up the coal, and hence you use up all of its energy, and this results in a net loss of energy in the universe. How could you fix Juan's argument? The total energy in the universe remains constant because ________.

A. the chemical energy in the coal is converted into thermal energy
B. the kinetic energy in the coal is converted into potential energy
C. the elastic potential energy in the coal is converted into thermal energy
D. the gravitational potential energy is converted into elastic potential energy