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Peak Coal is already here or likely by 2020 – IPCC 100 year projections too high

How much coal is left? We’re at or near peak coal. Tad Patzek, a professor at the University of Texas, Austin on coal: Under the 40 different U.S. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios, Patzek found 36 of the … Continue reading

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Coal

1) Coal doesn’t contain as much energy as oil. It’s fifty to two hundred percent heavier than oil per unit of energy generated, which makes it far more energy-intensive to transport. 2) According to David Goodstein, professor of Physics at … Continue reading

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