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Bad combo
Cheap coal and $100 oil |
Tom Philpott |
04 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Amid vague talk of how $100/barrel oil might represent a kind of sea change, inspiring corporations and individuals to lower their carbon footprints, the smart money is betting on another direction: the burning of more coal.That's a harrowing trend. As NASA climatologist James Hanson recently put it:Coal will determine whether we continue to increase climate change or slow the human impact ... Increased fossil fuel CO2 in the air today, compared to the pre-industrial at ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, economy, energy, oil (all these topics) |
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