FROM the price action, you’d think that fossil fuels are back in business.
Since breaking above US$100 (RM414.75) a tonne in May, the price of coal at Australia’s Newcastle port – a benchmark for Asia, which consumes about three-quarters of the world’s soot – has gone almost vertical, hitting a record US$173.10 (RM718) a tonne last Thursday.
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