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| OUTER CIRCLE DISTRIBUTION OF 8.8 trillion kwh THERMAL POWER GENERATED BY 212 COUNTRIES |
| ANNULAR CIRCLE DISTRIBUTION OF 67 QUADS FROM COAL USED BY 115 COUNTRIES |
| CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION OF 1,000 TRILLION Sh.tons ALL KNOWN COALS RESERVE IN 74 COUNTRIES (dots are lower rank) |
| FOR THE YEAR 1999 COMPILED FROM WORLD ENERGY DATABASE |
| 74 COUNTRIES POSSESS THE KNOWN 1,000 trillion tons OF COAL RESERVES. 112 COUNTRIES USED COAL EQUIVALENT OF 67 quads HEAT. 212 COUNTRIES GENERATED 8.8 trillion kwh ELECTRICITY FROM THERMAL SOURCES OUT OF AN INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 2.1 billion kW ACCOUNTING A 50 percent CAPACITY UTILIZATION. BASED ON THESE FACTS AND FROM THE INDIGENOUS RESOURCE UTILIZATION POINT OF VIEW, COAL AS A PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE WILL BE OF ATMOST CONCERN TO UNITED STATES, CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA, GERMANY, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, POLAND AND UKRAINE. |