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Steel is the tough one - the vast majority of new steel is produced using blast furnaces and coke. DRI is still a fringe product. I mean, the UK proudly trumpe
by madaxe_again 7mo ago
Steel is the tough one - the vast majority of new steel is produced using blast furnaces and coke. DRI is still a fringe product.
I mean, the UK proudly trumpets that they're coal-free, while entertaining a new coking coal mine.
- api 7mo agoSteel is also a small percentage of coal use. The vast majority of coal is used for electricity generation.
- dgacmu 7mo agoPutting numbers on that (for the us) from 2022 [1]: Electric power—469.9 MMst—91.7% Industrial total—41.9 MMst—8.2% Industrial coke plants—16.0 MMst—3.1% Industrial combined heat and power—10.1 MMst—2.0% Other industrial—15.8 MMst—3.1% Commercial—0.8 MMst—0.2% Getting down to 6% of our current coal use would be amazing. So much lung cancer and asthma would be prevented. [1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/coal/use-of-coal.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/coal/use-of-coal.php
- api 7mo agoReplacing all coal for electricity and leaving industry alone would be a gigantic dent in carbon emissions. Just that. Even if some of that replacement is with gas it still helps. Gas emits about half the carbon per kWh.