Posted on 11/12/2019 8:08:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
2.5 MwH per ton of coal.
Cold places and hot places use more because they NEED more heat and AC. Large swaths of the US and China are in temperate regions.
Americans often comment on how expensive gas is in Canada, but I support our gas taxes. It is just the cost of being in a country the 3rd largest in the world with only 40 million people. The roads have to be paid for and better for it to come from its direct users. Look at Wyoming. After its share of federal interstate funds, it doesn’t have much other money to spend, with a population of 500,000 so its interstates are bumpy, not well maintained, no shoulders, ect...
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