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Yes, 1.2 billion people need a lot of energy. India has another 1.3 billion. They’re going to need more power too. Coal? I agree that 340 million Americans nee
by melling 5y ago
Yes, 1.2 billion people need a lot of energy. India has another 1.3 billion. They’re going to need more power too. Coal?
I agree that 340 million Americans need to reduce emissions. Coal is now 20% of electricity. We seem to be waiting for renewables and batteries.
Globally, 40% of electricity comes from coal. At the end of the day, if we use all that coal for much longer, we are going to have a big problem
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"Americans need to reduce emissions. Coal is now 20% of electricity." Currently each American produces twice the emission each Chinese or French does
- vkou 5y ago> we are going to have a big problem Yes, we will. We need to tax the hell out of it, and tariff any country that does not institute an equivalent tax. But we'd rather grouse about foreign use of coal, rather than install a tax - because any such tax, at the moment, would hurt us[1] a lot more than it hurts them. [1] Well, some of us.