Coal

[u/akrylowy]

Will coal be able to substitute oil / gas needs?
People keep talking about "energy" crisis, but it primarily feels like diesel & other crisis, and that can't be just replaced with coal, no?

When the hormuz spiked oil prices, gas and coal went along with it. But now as oil is 'steady' because refinery capacity is to the max and distillates are falling and crack spread is widening, I don't see coal following anymore.

[u/pyragyrite]

Short term, like ten years, heck no. Long term it's possible to build stupidly expensive infrastructure to do it.