Comments on: China’s True Cost of Coal http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/2008/10/27/chinas-true-cost-of-coal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinas-true-cost-of-coal Clean Technology, Green Products, New Ideas, Clean China Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:32:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Xunpeng Shi http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/2008/10/27/chinas-true-cost-of-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 Xunpeng Shi Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:39:43 +0000 http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/?p=472#comment-4097 My argument of a declining emission intensity does not deny choice of non-fossil energy. Some non-fossil enegy is great. But overall, renewable energy is not matured enough to replace fossil energy. When we are patient on renewable energy, we should give equal opportunity to a clean coal. My empricial study shows that emission intensity of coal has declined significantly in the past two decades. By the way, we make decision by balancing benefits and costs. Therefore, we use coal even it is dangerous and polluted, just like we drive car even it is more dangerous than walk. My argument of a declining emission intensity does not deny choice of non-fossil energy. Some non-fossil enegy is great. But overall, renewable energy is not matured enough to replace fossil energy.
When we are patient on renewable energy, we should give equal opportunity to a clean coal. My empricial study shows that emission intensity of coal has declined significantly in the past two decades.
By the way, we make decision by balancing benefits and costs. Therefore, we use coal even it is dangerous and polluted, just like we drive car even it is more dangerous than walk.

]]> By: Xebra http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/2008/10/27/chinas-true-cost-of-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 Xebra Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:01:12 +0000 http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/?p=472#comment-2611 That was a sobering and eyeopening post. Coal has its perils when mining it and when using it as well. Which is why we need to do more to produce electricity the eco friendly way using wind, solar, wave and other kinds of renewable and sustainable energy. That was a sobering and eyeopening post. Coal has its perils when mining it and when using it as well. Which is why we need to do more to produce electricity the eco friendly way using wind, solar, wave and other kinds of renewable and sustainable energy.

]]> By: Rich http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/2008/10/27/chinas-true-cost-of-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Rich Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:12:25 +0000 http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/?p=472#comment-2609 hi Perrine. Thanks. How are you these days? Are you FT at the firm in your email? R hi Perrine.

Thanks. How are you these days? Are you FT at the firm in your email?

R

]]> By: Perrine http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/2008/10/27/chinas-true-cost-of-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-2607 Perrine Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:20:18 +0000 http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com/?p=472#comment-2607 Thank you for the post, very informative and very well documented would be glad to talk about this further once i ll read the entire report thanks Perrine Thank you for the post,
very informative and very well documented
would be glad to talk about this further once i ll read the entire report
thanks
Perrine

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