Druss_the_Legend
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redharry - 22/11/2017 16:22
Actually burning coal produces about 65% more CO2 per unit of energy produced than burning oil or petrol.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=73&t=11
Petrol is not found in the ground. Oil is recovered at great cost from the ground. then it is transported vast distance to refineries where they then use huge amounts of electricity to refine it. Then they transport it even more vast distances to a distribution centre where it then put on lorries to drive to your local station where you then load up the car.