slight topic swerve but a proper wow moment,
Heard something today but struggled to believe it... so did my own research...genuinely staggering.
We've used 4.2bn tonnes of coal for power stations...since we started 140 odd years ago..
The UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, is set to close at the end of this month, marking the end of a 142-year era of burning coal to generate electricity.
interactive.carbonbrief.org
in 2023 China used...yes you've guessed it 4.5bn tonnes
"In 2022, China's coal consumption grew by 4.6 percent to a new all-time high of
4.5 billion metric tons–nearly 9 times higher than the United States, and it is expected to be higher yet this year.26 Oct 2023"
China and India – both considered “developing countries” by the IPCC – are burning record amounts of coal and using…
www.instituteforenergyresearch.org
well done UK



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