Why has the world started to mine coal again?

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With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again.

Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Edit, I will admit I was ignorant to the usage of coal nowadays.

Now I'm more depressed than when I posted this

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You know that there are fou tries already having most of their power from nuclear right? There is no theory crafting to make about it. We're already doing it.

Meanwhile there is no country running with wind or solar. Balancing those is theoretical because we never did it on a country scale.

That's hard facts. The only renewable energy that's proven to work on a country scale is hydro/marine.

And no, nuclear is not so expensive. Germany for example spent much more on renewables than France did to build its whole nuclear parc.

Finally, talking about wastes and stuff is a distraction. Co2 is a life threatening problem on a global scale. Nuclear will never be dangerous like that, so the point is moot. Anything that can help remove co2 emission should be used. This includes nuclear.