With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again.

Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Edit, I will admit I was ignorant to the usage of coal nowadays.

Now I’m more depressed than when I posted this

  • Gsus4
    5·
    10 个月前

    How much of that carbon is emitted Vs embedded in the steel matrix? 50%?

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      5·
      10 个月前

      I’m not actually sure. I imagine it depends on how exactly it’s mixed in.

      The green alternative would be to go back to charcoal (or “biochar” if you want to sound fancy), but it might be a bit more expensive.