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To: James Seagrove who wrote (85)	11/21/2016 12:44:39 PM
From: philv	1 Recommendation Recommended By James Seagrove Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 202

I have been impressed with Premier Wall's common sense approach to things. Those in favour of shutting down these plants better not complain about the rising cost of living. Phasing out coal will increase electricity costs for consumers, as coal is the cheapest form of energy. Same kind of b.s. is going on south of the border. Maybe they can ship the coal fired boilers to China, who needs them, and are building many many more? China would be happy to take them off our hands. China keeps building coal plants despite new overcapacity policy ... Jul 13, 2016 - Chinese energy companies have been starting two coal power projects a week despite a recent government policy designed to tackle the country's overcapacity crisis, according to a new Greenpeace analysis. China currently has over 900,000MW of coal-fired capacity, the equivalent of about 1,300 large coal-fired units.