Electricity runs most of our world, so how is electricity generated? Coal is the single biggest source used to produce it. Power plants running on coal fuel 37% of global electricity. (Go here to learn the process.)
It's the world's most affordable fuel for that process. But you probably know that the United Nations (UN) has for many years been working to reduce global dependence on coal in order to reduce CO2 emissions.
Some parts of the world are reducing their use of coal and some are not. For over a decade, CO2 emissions resulting from the generation of electricity have been declining rapidly in the U.S. Coal as a fuel is being used less and less, replaced mostly by natural gas.
But India and China, together having close to 10x the population of the U.S., both continue to be very dependent on coal. They are by far the biggest factor in producing global CO2 emissions, and their use of coal is forecast to increase rather than decline by 2024.
from "The Future of Coal Production (2021-2024)"
(cont'd tomorrow)
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