I agree strategic coal reserve sounds promising, especially for being aligned with coal miners.
One reason to prefer buying coal mines to mined coal is that mines can act as storage. How much does it cost to store coal? Pile of coal sounds like a fire hazard, for example.
I’m not an expert on the technical aspects of coal storage. I don’t think they would be insurmountable because it’s been seriously proposed by some countries as a way to insure against supply disruptions or price spikes. (Germany, India)
But it might be more of an issue on the scale I’m envisioning.
I agree strategic coal reserve sounds promising, especially for being aligned with coal miners.
One reason to prefer buying coal mines to mined coal is that mines can act as storage. How much does it cost to store coal? Pile of coal sounds like a fire hazard, for example.
I’m not an expert on the technical aspects of coal storage. I don’t think they would be insurmountable because it’s been seriously proposed by some countries as a way to insure against supply disruptions or price spikes. (Germany, India)
But it might be more of an issue on the scale I’m envisioning.