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