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delecti · 2018-09-17 21:32:15+00:00

It might not be a good metric, but it's still overly generous to coal, because we're already rushing headlong towards huge areas of coastline being uninhabitable because they'll be underwater.

KptMarchewa | karma 5061 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2022-10-27 10:11:36

All the possible "extreme" dangers and disasters have end result comparable with 1 day of using coal at the scale humans are using it.

>- You need a large water source for cooling, extracting, processing - Limited Resource

Seas are going nowhere. Most NPPs are at the coast.

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pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2018-03-04 11:57:49

If we kept going with coal, the government might have to pay the costs of dealing with Somerset, Norfolk etc being underwater instead ...

EamonnMR | karma 4484 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2019-05-31 16:02:28

Collectively all of the coal plants are going to render the world's coastlines uninhabitable, except to fish.

konschubert | karma 7289 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2024-02-26 14:42:15

Coal is being displaced already.

adrianN | karma 29995 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2019-11-04 01:53:32

The world has way, way more coal left than we can afford to burn.

ncmncm | karma 13951 | avg karma 1.02 · | 2022-05-20 23:47:45

Coal is on its way out, so is not a sensible standard of comparison.

jjtheblunt | karma 4559 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2017-10-27 17:48:00+00:00

You made a big presumption though with the word "coal", which supports your calculation but isn't realistic.

pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2018-12-06 20:34:22+00:00

That's a horrifyingly large amount of coal there for a developed country.

giantg2 | karma 18870 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2021-05-27 17:40:55+00:00

Even if we eliminate coal, there's still too many people and too much consumption.

vkou | karma 14969 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2016-11-10 21:49:15+00:00

At current rates of emissions, we don't have 30 years. We can't even burn all coal in actively operating mines, and hit the 2C temperature budget.

kaybe | karma 3621 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2020-01-01 01:24:55+00:00

We're pulling the coal plants down, and pushing to do it faster. (It may still not be fast enough, ok.) I'm more worried about the countries with no such plans.

lostlogin | karma 16171 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2021-10-11 04:39:20

That doesn’t seem sustainable…

And when you factor in coal usage, it is t going to be pretty.

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jayd16 | karma 10887 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2019-10-14 16:57:33+00:00

Seems disingenuous considering how wide spread coal use is.

hurricanetc | karma 524 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2020-02-21 13:47:49

We’re living in a coal energy disaster right now. People fear the wrong things.

wayoutthere | karma 2502 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2020-01-16 22:45:15+00:00

It's coming; coal is unprofitable largely because it's been displaced by gas. But solar and wind are starting to gain critical mass, which could mean that natural gas craters faster than coal has. Fossil fuels are starting to look very risky.

melling | karma 20591 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2021-07-10 21:49:09+00:00

38% of the electricity globally is coal. We’ve got quite a long way to go.

jedimastert | karma 3886 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2021-10-17 12:04:24

More than coal has? Honestly, I kinda doubt it.

laratied | karma 189 | avg karma 1.07 · | 2023-05-25 06:30:19

Coal use in 2022 set a new record globally though. It is exemplary of how difficult this problem is.

rms | karma 22600 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2011-05-31 13:17:39+00:00

Good thing we have so much coal left to burn! o.0