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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€“] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Renewables are great until the sun stops shining and the wind stops blowing.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And that's more likely than enriched Uranium becoming unavailable or locally unobtainable?

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  • [โ€“] -4 points 2 years ago*

    If you haven't noticed, the sun stops shining for several hours every day and how much the wind blows changes pseudo-randomly on a hourly basis. Are problems with uranium supply more common than that? Not to mention that uranium can be recycled.

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