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The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained
The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained
Cumulative emissions from coal since 1882 amount to 800bn tonnes, the single biggest factor driving the warming that makes today's world about 1.2°C warmer than that of 1882. We calculated probable capital expenditures using estimates from Rystad Energy, a consultancy, by region, of dollars spent per GW of generation capacity. However, the magnitude of the challenge presented by climate change requires both leaps of imagination and cold, hard thinking about the efficiency of solutions.
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