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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That last part isn't true, unfortunately. China extracts more coal than the rest of the world's top ten producers combined

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hmm yeah looks like China is number 2 in coal reserves behind the US. Is it in a more inaccessible part of the country?

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coal_reserves

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I believe it's concentrated in the north, close to Beijing but far from many of the other large cities