The Hard Reality of Coal Consumption

Here’s a piece from The Economist that takes on the question: Now that we know how terrible coal is for the environment, why is it so devilishly difficult to remove?

Well, it’s economics, obviously, or it wouldn’t be covered in the august publication, but it’s complicated.  Rio Tinto became the first big miner to abandon coal, and its competitors followed suit.  But then, drama.

 

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