A DRAMATIC increase in US coal consumption was “by far the biggest contributor” to the overall increase in global CO2 emissions last year, a report has revealed.
I don’t know how tariffs have affected it between the US and China, but let’s not also forget that a significant part of China’s production is to feed the consumption monster of the US (and the rest of the world).
It was inevitable that coal would come back on the scene with all these data centers popping up. Oil supply is being strained, nuclear is limited and slow, renewables are great but also slow growth. Coal is plentiful still, and right there. And has the best government to support it right now, vs. past ones who were trying to phase it out.
I don’t know how tariffs have affected it between the US and China, but let’s not also forget that a significant part of China’s production is to feed the consumption monster of the US (and the rest of the world).
It was inevitable that coal would come back on the scene with all these data centers popping up. Oil supply is being strained, nuclear is limited and slow, renewables are great but also slow growth. Coal is plentiful still, and right there. And has the best government to support it right now, vs. past ones who were trying to phase it out.