>Coal is still king in the U.S. for generating electricity.
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>I agree China has much more dependence on coal (they heat/cook with it too) but since when does one being worse than me get me off the hook?
I think coal accounts for approximately 50% of our energy use. If you are going to replace coal in the U.S., you have to replace it with something. What would that be?
In China, it's approximately 80% I believe. They use more coal per year than the U.S., E.U. and Japan combined.
Chris McCandless
Red Sky Software