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On Monday, 20 January 2020 11:43:56 UTC, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Hogg wrote:

Do you know how much coal capacity we have, in total?


wiki says 7.3 GW, are any closed ones kept moth-balled for
balancing/reserve purposes? I suppose you can't leave a mountain of
coal out in the rain indefinitely ...


it's been sitting in the wet for millions of years already.


Not necessarily with most minable coal.

I can't see how it would shrink 10% a year
other than by shrinkage, but I'm no coalologist.


And clearly dont have a ****ing clue about anything else either.