[Ost-news] The Great Coal Rush and Why It Will Fail

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The Great Coal Rush and Why It Will Fail  
by Richard Heinberg  
MuseLetter #190 (February 2008)

This MuseLetter, and several more during the next few months, will be  
chapters for a forthcoming book on coal, to be published by Post Carbon  
Press. This month's issue is the book's Introduction.

The world appears poised for a headlong sprint toward greater dependence  
on coal. This book's purpose is to examine one crucial question that  
will shape this next great coal rush: How much is left?

The answer from conventional wisdom is, Lots. Coal appears to be the

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