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If you look at a country level you find a very different story. Coal usage in any Western country has declined substantially.
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
If you look at a country level you find a very different story. Coal usage in any Western country has declined substantially.
- silverquiet 2y agoIn spite of our human tendency to divide ourselves into smaller groups, we all share one planet, and particularly relevant, one atmosphere. Perhaps developing countries can leapfrog to renewables, but if they have easily accessible fossil fuels, it seems likely that they will be exploited; they are irresistible if you ignore the negative externalities.
- trilbyglens 2y agoIt already happening in places all over Africa.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoIf they have easily extractable fossil fuels, they're already extracting them. For everybody else, renewables are far cheaper.
- snapplebobapple 2y agoPer country is pretty irellevant for this issue. Also, its pretty unclear to me that the per coi try is true when the third world tha% upped coal usage to compensate are atleasy partially using it for good to export and increased standard of living from higher paying export jobs