Economics of the international coal trade [electronic resource] : the renaissance of steam coal / Lars Schnerikau.

The world today depends on oil, coal and gas (in that order of importance) for over 80% of its primary energy. From the time humans tamed fire, wood or bio-mass became the primary energy source. Coal took over from biomass during the Industrial Revolution and accounted for over 60% of world primary...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Schernikau, Lars
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Subjects:	Coal trade. Coal > Environmental aspects.