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China's immoral energy policy: Part II
The efficient alternative to coal power in China |
Joseph Romm |
01 Nov 2007 |
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| China's rapacious coal plant building is neither moral nor sustainable, as discussed in Part I. Yet many supply-side alternatives, like nuclear and hydro, are problematic for the country. What should China do to satisfy its insatiable thirst for energy? Go back to their amazing energy efficiency policies of the 1980s and early 1990s. China's energy history can be divided into several phases, as we learn from Dr. Mark Levine, cofounder of the Beijing Energy Effici ... |
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| Topics: energy efficiency, politics, energy, China (all these topics) |
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