KingM wrote:...China is burning nearly three billion metric tons of coal every year, a quantity greater than the United States, Canada, and Europe put together....
roel wrote:...China is burning nearly three billion metric tons of coal every year, a quantity greater than the United States, Canada, and Europe put together....
No idea where the opinionator gets these data from, they give no source, same for the NYT article this weekend.
The DOE/EIA data, available at nationmaster.com, certainly don't support this.
In fact, the US uses 3.5 times more coal per capita than China (and 12 times as much oil).
China is not the main problem, the US is. Just ask the people in Ontario, Canada, who live downwind from US coal plants.
Americans pointing fingers at Chinese is truly bizarre..
roel wrote:
...China is burning nearly three billion metric tons of coal every year, a quantity greater than the United States, Canada, and Europe put together....
No idea where the opinionator gets these data from, they give no source, same for the NYT article this weekend.
The DOE/EIA data, available at nationmaster.com, certainly don't support this.
In fact, the US uses 3.5 times more coal per capita than China (and 12 times as much oil).
China is not the main problem, the US is. Just ask the people in Ontario, Canada, who live downwind from US coal plants.
Americans pointing fingers at Chinese is truly bizarre..
Scientific AmericanOn the environmental side, the polluting properties of coal—starting with mining and lasting long after burning—and the large amounts of energy required to liquefy it mean that liquid coal produces more than twice the global warming emissions as regular gasoline and almost double those of ordinary diesel. As pundits have pointed out, driving a Prius on liquid coal makes it as dirty as a Hummer on regular gasoline.
driving a Prius on liquid coal makes it as dirty as a Hummer on regular gasoline.
The chief cause of problems is solutions. (Sevareid, 1970)
Zardoz wrote:Perhaps Obama and the other sponsors have learned more about CTL's problems and have lost their enthusiasm for it.
joewp wrote:...
This is a third-world type environmental catastrophe happening right in our own backyard, and nobody hears squat about it. What makes anybody think some piddling environmental problems with CTL are going to stop them when there's money to be made?
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joe1347 wrote:What's the ground truth - How many more years do we have at our (US) current growth rates?
joe1347 wrote:I keep reading that the USA has enough coal for more than 100 years and there's no need to worry - but the 100 year assertion is not backed up by facts. What's the ground truth - How many more years do we have at our (US) current growth rates?
How many more years do we have at our (US) current growth rates?
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