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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (183801)	5/7/2014 6:22:24 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206191

Thanks for your reply. Its not a matter of beating up on energy companies. It's matter of us of being able to survive as a species. The scientific evidence is pretty clear on what will happen to the globe if we (as a planet) keep using coal as an energy source in its present form (as a planet) in greater increasing quantities. So any solution has to address the stoppage of the this trend/usage and how to pay for it. WE, the US, have both the legal means to do so and the capacity to pay for it. All the rest is just a matter of political will. The lawyers and the Masters of Finance can quibble about the details and how to fairly implement the plan.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (183801)	5/7/2014 6:29:27 PM
From: JimisJim	3 Recommendations Recommended By 22jt CommanderCricket isopatch Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206191

You might find this article interesting... came out a couple or so years ago, written by James Fallows for the Atlantic Monthly (a fairly liberal journalist) who wrote that coal is essential to the world and China is probably the best hope the world has in developing better and better ways to use it. I found it fascinating and persuasive. FWIW, Fallows walks the walk, too -- he moved his entire family (including kids) to China for several years to learn and write about it first hand. His credentials and credibility are quite high, IMO. "Dirty Coal, Clean Future To environmentalists, “clean coal” is an insulting oxymoron. But for now, the only way to meet the world’s energy needs, and to arrest climate change before it produces irreversible cataclysm, is to use coal—dirty, sooty, toxic coal—in more-sustainable ways. The good news is that new technologies are making this possible. China is now the leader in this area, the Google and Intel of the energy world. If we are serious about global warming, America needs to work with China to build a greener future on a foundation of coal. Otherwise, the clean-energy revolution will leave us behind, with grave costs for the world’s climate and our economy." theatlantic.com