Don’t go away mad, John...
Oh, well, okay. Go away mad. Who cares? You’re the junk mail of politics and pretty much the only person on the planet who thinks you’re important.
Kasich - eat this:
18 Dec: IEA: Coal 2018: Analysis and forecasts to 2023
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Key Findings
After two years of decline, global coal demand grew by 1% in 2017 to 7585 Mt as stronger global economic growth increased both industrial output and electricity use. Driven by strong coal power generation in China and India, coal demand is expected to grow again in 2018...
In particular, global coal power generation increased by over 250 TWh, or around 3%, and accounted for about 40% of the additional power generation worldwide. Coal kept its share in the power mix at 38% after some years of decline.
Global coal demand is forecast to be stable through 2023...
Coal’s engines of growth
Meanwhile, the unmatched period of coal power generation growth in India is set to continue, having grown continuously since 1974. With the Indian economy expected to grow over 8% per year to 2023 and the electrification process continuing, power demand is forecast to rise by more than 5% per year over the period...
South and Southeast Asia are the second engine of growth.
Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines and Vietnam have more than 800 million people combined, yet their average annual per capita electricity consumption is just one seventh of that in Europe. Increasing coal power generation, supported by new coal plants under construction, will be the main driver of coal demand growth in those countries...READ ON
https://www.iea.org/coal2018/
Uh, John..................
About all them there guns ‘n all...................
I think we’re gonna start NEEDING THEM. Sooner rather than later.
Ammo, too.