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Oil, the old king, remains omnipotent and omnipresent
The dirtiest fossil fuel still powers the world and talk of its demise is greatly exaggerated Every second, the world burns 275 metric tonnes of coal — enough to fill 10 large dump trucks. That makes nearly 17,000 tonnes per minute or one million tonnes an …