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by sigmar 4141 days ago
Don't know where you have been, but coal use has decreased the past few years. Natural gas and renewables have already started to replace coal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_power_in_the_United_States...

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That's just the US, where natural gas is plentiful and very cheap.
well, the article is exclusively about the US. If you are up for talking about other countries, let's discuss France's coal power