This plateau has largely been down to a fall in
coal consumption globally.
In turn, Asian demand is dominated by China; demand in China increased almost five-fold between 1980 - 2010 and accounted for 73 % of Asia's consumption and almost half of
coal consumption globally in 2010.
«The only significant decline in
coal consumption globally was in the United States, and the reason is cheap gas.»
Not exact matches
Globally, perhaps 50 to 100 billion tons more
coal may be used (about 20 to 40 years of current
consumption) before
coal largely disappears from the market (Ausubel et al., 1988).