Top 10 - Coal consumption per person per country since 1965

Coal is the most polluting source of energy: it generally emits twice as much CO₂ as natural gas, its main competitor.

However the share of coal in the electricity mix has fallen sharply in most European Union countries, as well as in China and the United States. To fight climate change, EU countries are significantly reducing the use of this fuel (21%, -10 points since 2000). However, coal retains a dominant weight in the power mix of some EU coal producing countries, such as Poland (78%), the Czech Republic (49%) and Germany (39%), although its share in these nations is falling sharply.

China – by far the world’s largest coal consumer for electricity generation – is implementing restrictive environmental and energy policies on coal use (68%, -10 points from 2000 to 2017) to improve air quality and to contribute to efforts to fight climate change.

Source : https://theconversation.com/explaining-the-increase-in-coal-consumption-worldwide-111045
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