As coal use surges, America finds it’s hard to unplug from carbon

So much for the myriad claims about going “beyond coal.” According to a new report from the Rhodium Group, U.S. coal consumption jumped by 17 percent last year compared to 2020 levels. That’s a huge increase, which Rhodium says was “largely driven by a run-up in natural gas prices.” Rather than burn gas, which averaged about $4.93 per million Btu last year — more than two times the price in 2020 —

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何度となく石炭を過去のものにすると主張されたが､2021年のUSの石炭消費は2020年に比べ17%増加した｡この増加の大きな理由は天然ガスの価格の上昇による｡世界的に見ても石炭消費は2021年に9%の増加｡あと2年は過去最高を