To: Wharf Rat who wrote (998936 ) 2/5/2017 3:32:56 PM From: miraje 1 RecommendationRecommended By
Read Replies (2) | Respond to "Green" China? Too funny!! That one ain't gonna work, Ratty. Try again.. Message 30970671 China . Of all the countries on the world climate stage, China is my favorite. They are willing to say the most transparently deceptive things to make the environmental crowd think that they are going along with the program, when in fact they are just thumbing their noses -- and the environmentalists get completely taken in every time. And thus on January 18 came the big announcement that China was canceling some 103 coal plants previously planned to be built. Exciting! From the New York Times of that date: China is canceling plans to build more than 100 coal-fired power plants, seeking to rein in runaway, wasteful investment in the sector while moving the country away from one of the dirtiest forms of electricity generation, the government announced in a directive made public this week. over 900 gigawatts , according to Bloomberg, and continuing to grow rapidly. It seems that they had planned another 350 gigawatts; but with these cancelations, they will now limit that to another 200 or so gigawatts, to achieve a "limit" of about 1100 gigawatts of coal-fired generation capacity. From Next Big Future on November 8 :China will need to cut about 150 gigawatts of coal-fired power from projects that are either approved for construction or already under construction to maintain the 1,100-gigawatt limit, Huang Xuenong, director of the power generation division of NEA said during the webcast. Without restrictions the country’s coal-fired power capacity could reach about 1,250 gigawatts by 2020, he said. 305 gigawatts . So China's announcement of cancelation of that last 150 gigawatts of planned capacity means that they are graciously going to "limit" their coal electricity-generation capacity to 3.7 times the U.S. capacity, rather than the previously-planned 4.2 times. That sure sounds like "climate leadership" to me! From Isabel Hilton at Yale Environment 360 on November 21:With Donald Trump threatening to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, China is ready to assume leadership of the world’s climate efforts. For China, it is a matter of self-interest – reducing the choking pollution in its cities and seizing the economic opportunities of a low-carbon future. Not A Lot Of People Know That on September 21: The Balkan region’s first privately-funded power plant came online on Tuesday, increasing the region’s dependency on coal-fired power stations even as environmental concerns are driving them to the brink of the extinction elsewhere in Europe. It was built by China’s Dongfang Electric Corp and financed with the help of a 350 million euro ($391.13 million) loan from the China Development Bank.
