Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality
Dirty coal is here to stay
Brown coal * Hard coal ** Major consumers in red Main production basins
North America
Coal producers are already taking advantage of the oil shortage and might even more in the future.
UNITED STATES
The end of the oil era
Oil production
Peak Oil
Thousand million barrels a year
30
ATLANTIC OCEAN
20
10
Forecast
0
South and Central America
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
2040 2050
Forecast
Coal consumption Thousand million Kilowatt hours
60 30 40 50 10 20 0
OECD countries non OECD countries
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
* Lignite and sub-bituminous coal (the dirtiest) ** Anthracite and bituminous coal (coking coal and steam coal)
KICK THE HABIT THE PROBLEM
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