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		leereeves 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. H... Is coal uneconomic? China still uses quite a lot of it, which makes me wonder why it would be economic there and not here.

JauntTrooper 4 months ago | [–]

The US has a lot of cheap natural gas and China does not.

Natural gas is hard to transport and often needs to be liquified to travel overseas, so global prices vary widely.

maxerickson 4 months ago | [–]

They are better at economy than we are

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