I’ve prepared a roundup of the five reports published in the first half of 2007 on the global coal situation. They are all broadly in agreement saying that there is likely to be less coal available than traditionally thought. This throws into doubt continued levels of coal exploitation but also prevents any significant future coal-to-liquids response to oil depletion.
What’s interesting is range of people saying this, the five reports come from four independent research teams, Germany’s Energy Watch Group, European Commission Joint Research Centre, California Institute of Technology and US National Academy of Sciences.
COAL – The Roundup
