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Originally Posted by Azure
I find it strange that coal is even still talked about considering how easy and efficient gas is as an energy source.
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Places like Germany rely on gas from Russia, though. So it's that, or coal. If you were Germany, would you build a bunch of natural gas power plants, then be at the mercy of Russia?
Now, if they had thought this through they would have nurtured a bit more of an oil and gas industry there. But they've spent the last decade burning some of the most polluting coal around, and will do it for another decade.
Of course, the obvious solution is to bring back nuclear.