In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:12:01 -0500: Hi,
If the higher of these two figures is true, and we had to rely upon coal for all our energy needs, at the current rate of consumption, it would last 63 years. [snip] >same mistakes are being repeated with coal. His results, reported in a >panel discussion at this year's American Geophysical Union meeting, >state the world only has 662 billion tons of coal, including reserves >already exploited. The estimate is well short of the 1,027 billion >tons remaining in proven and projected reserves, according to the >World Energy Council. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
