[benj111]

On the other hand you could just not export the coal and leave it in the ground?

Unfortunately that will piss off others who want the income. But then those same people won't plan for a time when there's no buyers for coal, so.....

[perpetuallunch]

And all the people who rely on that energy?

What about them?

Some of that coal is coking coal, used to make steel.

What of it?