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by philipkglass 1242 days ago
Coal provided 23% of US electricity generation in 2021, 20% in 2022, and is forecast to fall to 19% in 2023. The US now burns less than half of the coal it did in 2007.

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/coal.php

https://www.statista.com/statistics/184333/coal-energy-consu...

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Oops, mixed up coal and total fossil fuel for energy generation which is a big difference.