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US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is just the international commitment: internally the US was committed to passing off by 2035.

Which is fucking insane. We should be off coal by 2024.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is less than 30 days away. I'm not sure how you expect that to happen? A realistic goal would be to have a global decline in coal usage by 2025.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We have like 400 days before the end of 2024.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

By 2024 could mean by the start of 2024. Pedantics can be annoying, but clarity is important, as it makes things hard to misinterpret or manipulate.