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There are enough coal reserves to last for hundreds of years, because it is not currently used for the many purposes that oil is used for (fuels, lubricants, plastics) or that natural gas is used for (heating, power, fertilizer).

Advances may make it possible to efficiently utilize coal gas to replace some uses of oil and natural gas.

There is an even greater abundance of petroleum trapped in rock (oil shale) and tar sands, but these are sources that are not currently cost or energy effective.

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