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To: Eric who wrote (32924)	7/2/2012 9:02:33 PM
From: Hawkmoon	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 86352

There lies the quandary that people like you face Eric.. No matter how many "dirty" energy industries you attempt to eliminate from our domestic economy, other countries will then depend upon it because it provides them an economic advantage. In fact, some have opined that some of the biggest supporters of the US-European environmental movements are the Chinese and other emerging economies.. The more they can pressure us to "clean up our act" and investing in alternative energy that is not cost competitive with current energy sources means our costs of economic production rise, while their's decline. And when the developed economies complain, they will just tell us that "we're still a developing country, so you can't expect us to lead the way toward green tech".. That said, shipping coal to China from the US should require tarps over the carriers, or water spray to keep the dust down. But l have yet to hear anything that should lead us to believe that un-burned coal is more harmful than the number of naturally driven dust storms that occur in this country all the time. Hawk

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