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Dr. Geoff Raby - How Much Has China Really Changed?

Lowy Institute for International Policy
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luke Sexton Avatar
luke Sexton
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Posted: 12.11.08, 01:26 PM
There Is No Such Thing As Clean Coal.
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markashworth
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Posted: 12.23.08, 08:56 PM
maybe it is a bad name
well there's no such thing as 'clean coal' per se but there are technologies that attempt to reduce the emissions. those technologies are referred to as 'clean coal.' so it is not such an oxymoron as it seems.
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R.J. Zimmerman
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Posted: 12.24.08, 10:25 AM
@Luke Sexton:
I suggest that such a blanket statement demonstrates an ignorance about the realities of energy generation.
Setting the statement "there is no such thing as clean coal" aside, we should at least consider, as Mr. Raby has, what the realities are. The choice for China, as well as the United States and others, is either, use Coal, along with a variety of energy sources in the future, or cut our consumption in (quite a bit more than) half and see how we can live without coal.
Great idea you say? I encourage you to go home and turn off at least half of your electrical appliances. Turn them completely off at night or for a significant part of the day when the wind does not blow. Stop buying those things that you like, as they're built with electricity...loads of it.
Perhaps, write a book by candle light (Oh, wait, that's producing CO2 as well.) When you've got this figured out, let us know how it's going.
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