• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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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