{"id":355371,"date":"2024-12-19T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355371"},"modified":"2024-12-19T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:24:29","slug":"iea-coal-outlook-bad-news-for-miliband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355371","title":{"rendered":"IEA Coal Outlook Bad News for\u00a0Miliband."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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According to the latest IEA report, consumption of coal is set to hit a record high this year and continue to grow till 2027. No forecasts are made for years after.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There still appears to be some naive puzzlement at the IES, that renewable energy is not replacing coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They still have not worked out that countries like China and India know that they cannot run their economies on the vagaries of wind and solar power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the latest IEA report, consumption of coal is set to hit a record high this year and continue to grow till 2027. 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