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Environment & Energy

muriel_volestrangler

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3. You say "538 billion tons of coal" and "1.5 trillion tons of CO2" as if it's a calculation

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 04:58 PM

Nov 2013

Wouldn't it be better to say "gazillion" or something to acknowledge that's it's hyperbole? The actual figure from the article is 48 million tons per year. Any more coal is bad, but it's about 0.6% of the world annual coal production. This is not a tipping point for coal use.

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Can 1 man save the planet? [View all] pscot Nov 2013 OP

My daughter, a University student in Bellingham, cilla4progress Nov 2013 #1

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You say "538 billion tons of coal" and "1.5 trillion tons of CO2" as if it's a calculation muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #3

You know where the tipping point for coal use is? pscot Nov 2013 #4

If it fuels the construction of hundreds of new coal plants NickB79 Nov 2013 #5