Peter Mount on Nostr: As the UK shut down it's final Coal burning power station yesterday, I see that XKCD ...

As the UK shut down it's final Coal burning power station yesterday, I see that XKCD celebrated it with a calculation.

So we burned about 3 inches in depth of the UK's surface between 1853 and 2024 😲

https://xkcd.com/2992/

#xkcd #coal #environment