* The US Energy Information Administration estimates that the UK has 1.65 billion short tons (1.5 billion tonnes) of recoverable coal reserves.⁶⁵ The British government says that ‘UK coal resources suitable for deep-seam UCG on land are estimated at 17 billion tonnes (300 years’ supply at current consumption) and this excludes at least a similar tonnage where the coal is unverifiable for UCG.’ There are also vast resources under the sea bed.⁶⁶