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Why has the world started to mine coal again? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again.

Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Edit, I will admit I was ignorant to the usage of coal nowadays.

Now I'm more depressed than when I posted this

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[โ€“] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yea but the report also mentions energy storage which is necessary for solar and wind because of its intermittent nature.

also cheaper electricity means potentially less profit. why would private sector want that?

electricity market must be destroyed and energy must be exclusively public sector

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