Metal ZealotSep 4, 2023

Why has the world started to mine coal again?

https://lemmy.ml/post/4373489

Why has the world started to mine coal again? - Lemmy

With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again. Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Show threadSplicedBrainwrapSep 4, 2023
Until all coal plants are replaced there will be a need for more coal. We can’t just shut down these plants over night, the world is transitioning to cleaner energy production, unfortunately it’s just not happening fast enough.
Show threadMetal Zealot

I genuinely thought coal was phased out as an option for power, and that fossil fuels were starting it’s (very long) descent to being phased out just the same.

Fossil fuels will take way longer, but why the more recent interest in coal again?? That’s the part I cannot understand, and I don’t know where it came from

Sep 4, 2023 at 12:49amWeb
Show threadJusticeForPorygonSep 4, 2023
Lol nope we’re fucked
Show threadtheotheroneSep 4, 2023
Coal is a fossil fuel, btw. Part of the problem is that through subsidies, the cost of energy is being kept artificially low in the US. We need the increase in cost to de-incentivize oil/gas/coal.