[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Bryanw92]

Now that they own the US government, they can always take ours—especially since our watermelon environmentalists won’t let us use it anymore.</sarc>

[Paladin2]

Chinese coal seam fires produce more CO2 annually than all the US cars and light duty trucks.

[GonzoGOP]

Or they could just modernize their plants. A lot of their power plants are older, low efficiency types. Cheap to build, but expensive to operate. In prior years their major concern was just getting plants on line as quickly as possible. Start replacing older plants with more efficient plants and they could stretch their vast coal reserves a lot farther.

Also their mining technology is abysmal. Very labor intensive and as a result it wastes a lot of resources just getting the coal out of the ground.

[NRG1973]

When the day is done, China will not be able to limit its consumption of coal...they are industrializing too fast to try something like that. You’ve got to remember that many of the current coal fired power plants were built without the government’s approval (regional provinces authorized them). The same thing will happen if the government tries to limit coal consumption. China will simply import more coal from Australia and Indonesia.

[adorno]

I see no problem with the Chinese running out of coal or energy sources.

All they need to do is to consult with the American proponents of alternate (but green) energy sources and they’ll be set for life.

[Tribune7]

The NE Pa mines are coming back on line due to the Chinese

[mrsmith]

http://sinomania.blogspot.com/search/label/nuclear
“Perhaps of most interest to US exporters such as Westinghouse, Beijing will push for a dramatic increase in nuclear energy with plans for over 100 reactors by 2020....”

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest. For the first time in, hmm, probably years, I bought a copy of "The Atlantic" -- this is the cover story:

• Dirty Coal, Clean Future