World coal reserves
Fast Facts About Energy
A web extra from Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, authors of
"Who Turned Out The Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis"
"Who Turned Out The Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis"
Unlike oil and natural gas, coal is in fairly abundant supply in the U.S. In fact, we possess the world’s largest share, roughly 30 percent, of proven coal reserves, with Russia and China a distant second and third. That's why experts sometimes call the United States "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
