Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

Bobbie Sellers  <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

I'm NOT a "denier" but DO deny any international convention where
China and India are NOT part of the solution can possibly be
effective.

>
Well they are building a lot of solar and wind capacity.
But like some other nations they have to continue to use
Coal and other fossil fuels until their capacity is high enough
to replace other none-emitting sources.

Problem is that Chinese coal is mostly crap and their methods of
extraction are inefficient and hazardous.  The US is fortunate
(or unfortunate depending on how you look at it) to have lots of
solid clean anthracite coal still left, while China never had
much in the first place and has had to depend on soft bituminous
coal.  (North Korea did have some, which is part of why vinylon
fabric was so popular there since it could be synthesized directly
from hard coal and and lime, but now most of it is gone there too).

So there is plenty of other reason for China to move away from coal,
thankfully.
--scott
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