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Then why is world consumption of coal still increasing (sure it might have dipped during covid)? We should be half off the peak! If we're lucky it peaks before the end of the decade. Throw in some political instability maybe oil and gas or other alternatives become too expensive for developing...

My point is - it still consumes a great deal of energy. And depending on where you are on the globe, your first choice for that energy might be coal.

LED lighting is great! I'm using it right now, and it consumes a fraction of energy as those whale oil candles. Unfortunately, we haven't figured out a way smelt aluminum or make concrete at that same small fraction of that from in the past. That's why the world is still burning more oil, gas...

You all should read a book or two by Vaclav Smil. Anything with 'Energy' in the title.