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From: Frank A. Coluccio11/12/2010 1:25:25 AM
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The Unintended Consequences of Carbon Reduction in China
Kevin Bullis | MIT TR | 11/10/2010

In China, blackouts and fuel shortages accompany efforts to meet a greenhouse gas target. Efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in China may be backfiring--at least in the short term.

Next month the country faces a self-imposed deadline to reduce its carbon intensity (a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of GDP) by 20 percent compared to 2005 levels. In a last minute dash to meet these targets, some local governments have started imposing planned blackouts. While the blackouts are cutting emissions from power plants, they're having unintended consequences. Factories, which have to keep running to meet production requirements or face fines for missing deadlines, are getting their power instead from backup diesel generators. These emit carbon dioxide and running them has led to a diesel shortage. Thousands of fueling stations have reportedly shut down or refused to sell drivers more than half a tank of diesel fuel. To make up that gap, Chinese refineries are producing more diesel--a strain in a country that has to import most of its oil. Of course, unintended consequences from efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions aren't limited to China.

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