• zinaer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Ok, but why are we comparing coal that somehow doesn’t have to be transported against LNG that does. Can coal be teleported or something?

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      9 months ago

      Mostly because the US has huge coal deposits but fairly limited coal exports. A lot of the discussion about LNG is whether it makes sense to use it to displace same-country coal extraction & use vs ship in LNG from far away.

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        9 months ago

        Great, thanks! Why doesn’t the chart show costs of transportation of coal via ship as well? Do you have a link for the study mentioned in the graph by chance?

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          9 months ago

          It doesn’t show those because the US isn’t about to start large-scale coal exports.

          The preprint is linked in the article