Facts

• Coal accounts for half of the electricity use in the U.S.
• Coal costs less than any other major fossil fuel source.
• The world’s largest producers and consumers of coal are China, Poland, Russia, India and the United States.
• Total world consumption of marketed energy is projected to increase by 57 percent from 2004 to 2030.
• Coal’s share of total world energy use climbed from 25 percent in 2003 to 26 percent in 2004 and is expected to increase to 28 percent by 2030.

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