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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7923)	4/30/2009 6:09:08 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

You do not see nuclear war as something that could end life on earth?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7923)	4/30/2009 7:21:27 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	2 Recommendations Respond to of 86356

Hawk, China is pushing solar but sure they use a lot of coal and are adding more.. OTOH 50+ of US powergen is coal. That is a huge problem. Mr. O's man Mr. Chu has recently been talking about clean coal ... OK they are making inroads maybe on mountain top mining.. but I cannot see a lot of coal being replaced in the next 8 years.. Then again gas turbines may be a great investment :O) worldcoal.org cia.gov China 78% of power from coal * 3,271,000,000,000 KWH = 2551380000000 KWH from coal. USA 50% of power from coal * 3,892,000,000,000 KWH = 1946000000000 1946000000000/2551380000000=76% so US needs a big change too as it still very high, considering the population differential though China can increase in a big way.. OTOH China has 25 some odd reactors planned for powergem ..USA I believe zero. Canada is 18% powergen from coal. 2 reactors on tap... world-nuclear.org Anyway next few years should be interesting.. Looks like the US needs to get off its duff.. TBS