The Real Reason We Can't Quit Coal
Coal built the modern world, but now it’s destroying it. Even so, we’re using more coal now than ever. Why? In this episode of Business Explains the World: we go to India, put a giant block of coal in Central Park, and host Dakota Deady explores the history of coal use to find out why we can’t seem to quit it. See behind-the-scenes insights and clips on our Substack: https://dynamoinyourinbox.substack.com/ Archival footage from: AP, Getty, Storyblocks Special Offers From Dynamo: (We get affiliate revenue from these, which helps us make more videos for you. Thank you!) Buy the equipment and supplies we use on our Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/businesse... Book studio and event space on Peerspace: https://www.peerspace.com/claim/gr-pl... Use the office of the future like we do, Roam: https://ro.am/influencer/ncarlson 0:00 Coal is shrinking in the West, but growing worldwide 1:20 Coal built modern life 1:52 Coal’s first job: heat 3:15 What coal actually is 4:26 Why coal is a super-fuel 4:54 When Britain ran on coal 6:47 When America joined the coal boom 7:33 How coal powered electricity 8:50 The human cost of coal 10:27 Find more of our stories on Substack! 10:37 Oil and gas start replacing coal 11:29 Coal comes roaring back 12:00 Why China and India still need it 13:30 Inside India’s coal economy 15:20 India needs reliability + energy security 17:37 We outsourced coal through supply chains 18:53 The pivot: renewables are rising anyway 19:13 Can we actually quit coal?
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