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Coal is awful, but also keep in mind that it’s shipped to centralized locations to be burned.

Gas for cars is shipped to a distribution center, loaded onto trucks that are immensely heavy and require loads of fuel to haul, shipped to a local distribution center, loaded onto trucks, driven somewhere else, pumped into a station, then those trucks drive back, and people often drive out of their way for gas instead of just charging at their destination. (Nobody has a gas station at their house and few desirable stores include gas stations)

It’s entirely possible that this process ends up using more energy than just burning coal.

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