Coal is growing thanks to our stupid vicious war on Persia. Via Reuters, India, Japan and Korea are ramping up coal-powered electricity as natural gas is choked off by our vicious war.
I knew that India and China stayed with coal. I didn’t realize that Korea and Japan have a meaningful number of coal plants, idle or slow in recent years but NOT closed. They can shift production when needed. Only Germany is self-destructive.
Looking up our exports, about a quarter goes to India, 10% to Japan, 10% to Holland, 7% to Brazil, 6% to China. Again I didn’t know the actual numbers, just assumed it was mostly China. The vast majority of our coal is mined in Wyoming, with smaller proportions from the Appalachian states.
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