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The end of cheap coal

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  • Richard Heinberg

    (Richard Heinberg and David Fridley are at the Post-Carbon Institute in Santa Rosa, California 95404, USA.
    Heinberg is the author of nine books, including Blackout: Coal, Climate, and the Last Energy Crisis. richardheinberg@postcarbon.org)

  • David Fridley

    (Richard Heinberg and David Fridley are at the Post-Carbon Institute in Santa Rosa, California 95404, USA.)

Abstract

New forecasts suggest that coal reserves will run out faster than many believe. Energy policies relying on cheap coal have no future, say Richard Heinberg and David Fridley.

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  • Richard Heinberg & David Fridley, 2010. "The end of cheap coal," Nature, Nature, vol. 468(7322), pages 367-369, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:468:y:2010:i:7322:d:10.1038_468367a
    DOI: 10.1038/468367a
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