A fanny thing happened, as His Highness, Barack H. Obama, worked on new methods to achieve his Utopian dream of a coal-free America. While Obama was busy pillaging (figuratively) the coal economies of Wyoming, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia, no less than the International Energy Agency (IEA) came out with a study that says globally, coal will be a long-term, dominant fuel. Yes, that's right. The report, entided, Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012—Market Trends and Projections to 2017, says that coal may be the world's dominant fuel by 2030. In fact, the report's press release said that "coal's share of the global energy mix continues to rise, and by 2017, coal will come close to surpassing oil as the world's top energy source."
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机译：发生了一件奇怪的事情，巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack H. Obama）殿下正在研究新方法，以实现他的乌托邦式无煤美国梦想。当奥巴马忙于（以图表方式）掠夺怀俄明州，西弗吉尼亚州，宾夕法尼亚州，俄亥俄州，肯塔基州和弗吉尼亚州的煤炭经济时，不少于国际能源署（IEA）的研究表明，在全球范围内，煤炭将长期学期，主要燃料。是的，这是对的。该报告引人注意，《 2012年中期煤炭市场报告—到2017年的市场趋势和预测》指出，到2030年，煤炭可能成为世界主要燃料。事实上，该报告的新闻稿说：“煤炭在全球能源结构中所占的份额仍在继续随着煤炭价格的上涨，到2017年，煤炭将接近石油，成为世界第一大能源。”
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