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Response to Jeremy Carl, part three
The question for China and India is not whether to make the transition away from coal, but how soon |
David Roberts |
30 Nov 2007 |
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| In part one I made the point that if China and India develop along the same path as the West, we're all doomed. This fact is becoming increasingly clear to everyone. One way or another, whoever foots the bill, they'll have to change, and that means shifting to a more expensive-in-the-short-term source of electricity, of which clean coal is but one example among many. In part two I acknowledged that there are powerful arguments -- mainly social and political rather th ... |
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| Topics: China, climate, coal, energy, India (all these topics) |
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