From a hard place to a rock: Questioning the energy security of a coal-based economy

Benjamin K. Sovacool, Christopher Cooper and Patrick Parenteau

Energy Policy, 2011, vol. 39, issue 8, 4664-4670

Abstract: We thank Brathwaite et al. for starting a very useful debate about what role, if any, coal should play in future energy transitions. Expanding upon their piece, we question that a coal-based economy, in which energy production for both electricity and transport comes from coal, can meet the energy security needs of the United States and other countries.

Keywords: Clean; coal; Carbon; capture; and; sequestration; Coal-to-liquids (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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