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FBaggins

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4. A deceptive statistic in at least two wayss

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 06:14 PM

Oct 2024

Lumps all fossil fuels together when the US has shifted fairly dramatically away from coal and into natural gas

Proportion of energy generation isn't really relevant when total fossil fuel consumption is up dramatically

Combine the two and US coal consumption in the last 25 years or so has been cut in half while China's coal consumption as tripled.

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