Coal waning? World’s reserves may be nearly expired

Governments and organizations around the world may be significantly overestimating just how much coal is available, the new study says. Such fallacious reporting is nothing new

This new lower number, Rutledge says, also means fewer fossil fuels to burn and less carbon dioxide to pump into the atmosphere. The net result? He predicts atmospheric carbon dioxide will peak at 460 parts per million before 2100, nearly 100ppm lower than the best-case scenario put forth by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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