silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoWorld ‘will not see significant return to coal’ in 2026 – despite Iran crisiswww.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkWorld ‘will not see significant return to coal’ in 2026 – despite Iran crisiswww.carbonbrief.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThe issue is that LNG coming from Qatar is blocked. So if countries go back to coal, it would be replacing LNG, which is about as dirty as coal anyway. Great that it does not happen, but still worth a thought.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoWhat’s going on instead is large-scale adoption of solar
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoSure, but you would expect a slow down in the decline of coal.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoMaybe. Hard to tell yet from early data.
The issue is that LNG coming from Qatar is blocked. So if countries go back to coal, it would be replacing LNG, which is about as dirty as coal anyway. Great that it does not happen, but still worth a thought.
What’s going on instead is large-scale adoption of solar
Sure, but you would expect a slow down in the decline of coal.
Maybe. Hard to tell yet from early data.