UN projects US utilities accomplishing nothing by exiting coal

“While global coal demand looks set to rise for the second year in a row in 2018, it is forecast to remain stable over the next five years, as declines in Europe and North America are offset by strong growth in India and Southeast Asia, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest coal market report, Coal 2018.”

Source: IEA.org

Anti-coal disconnect from reality extends to airports, too

Green campaigners in the UK are trying to stop construction of a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport because its use would allow more air travel and CO2 emissions. Meanwhile in the real-world, China plans to add another 200 airports. Likewise, Xcel Energy and Duke Energy plan to shut down their two dozen or so coal plants, while the rest of the world builds 1,200 new ones. Anti-CO2 madness must end.

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Department of Homeland Security: Gas-to-coal switching puts grid at greater security risk

It’s more secure for utilities to have big piles of coal onsite than to rely on a network of pipelines delivering natural gas at 22 miles per hour.

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