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 Stories About: Australia AND business AND carbon sequestration AND climate AND coal AND energy
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Cheap clean coal now dirty, expensive
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David Roberts |
13 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The WSJ energy blog points out that skyrocketing demand for coal in the developing world is rapidly driving up the commodity price. (And WSJ proper points out that rising prices for coal mean rising prices for steel.) Meanwhile, Reuters says 'clean coal' is 'elusive' and the head of one of Australia's biggest energy companies -- AGL -- says that coal's days are numbered: ... Michael Fraser said it is unlikely any new coal generators will be built without significa ... |
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| Topics: Australia, business, carbon sequestration, climate, coal, energy (all these topics) |
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