[JPJones]

We have lots of coal, don’t we?

[DuncanWaring]

Power plants in the eastern province of Anhui have less than a three-day supply of coal, while those in Beijing have about a week supply, the electricity agency said. The recommended minimum is 15 days; a seven-day supply is considered dangerously low.

For contrast, I believe American coal-fired power plants typically keep a 90-day supply.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Get ready for more energy commodity spikes, which will, of course, be blamed by the RATS and an uninformed public, on those greedy “Big Oil” companies.

[Retired Chemist]

Pelosi needs to read this.

[SamAdams76]

What we should do here in the United States is go back to nuclear power in a big way. We use nuclear power to send our submarines and aircraft carriers hurtling through the oceans of the world. Why not have nuclear power plants here at home lighting up our cities and powering our economy?

Damn the no-nukes people with their scrubby beards, their stinky sandals and their Jackson Browne T-shirts. We should have 7,000 nuclear plants online by now and if we did, we wouldn't be worried too much about those smelly people over in the Middle East with their camels and women shrouded in black cloth.

And just what was the big deal with Three-Mile Island? A little leak and pretty much nobody died. How many people have died since in gasoline related explosions? A lot, I can tell you that.

There is no doubt that if we continue on our course with nuclear power, we would have made it safer and there wouldn't even be minor accidents like Three Mile Island.

We could be energy independent today if we continued to pursue nuclear power. But no! We had to give in to the radicals who threatened to stage more Jackson Browne rock concerts if we didn't pull the plug on nuclear energy now. Well, I would have gladly tolerated the shrill voice of Jackson Browne in exchange for more nuclear power plants and if we had done that, we wouldn't be "Running On Empty" today if you know what I mean.

[TheZMan]

In a perfect world we’d be trading coal for oil at bargain basement prices. But no, we’ll give it to them for practically nothing and still be screwed tomorrow.

Fear not. We’re from the government. We’re here to help.

[traviskicks]

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[Amendment10]

What became of the huge hydroelectric dam that China was building?

[UCANSEE2]

"an unintended effect of government-mandated price controls - a throwback to communist central planning - to shield the public from rising global energy costs."

Gee, that sounds familiar.

[hinckley buzzard]

Beijing has also frozen retail prices of gasoline and diesel.... Oil refiners say they are suffering heavy losses and some began cutting production last year, causing fuel shortages in parts of China's south.

Just like clockwork...

[hinckley buzzard]

Beijing has also frozen retail prices of gasoline and diesel.... Oil refiners say they are suffering heavy losses and some began cutting production last year, causing fuel shortages in parts of China's south.

Just like clockwork...

[dila813]

This is why price controls in the US as Hillary and Obama propose would never work.

We would return to the gas lines of the 70s, Carter Nightmare x2.

[VeniVidiVici]

It is the second time in three months that Chinese power plants have run short of coal, an unintended effect of government-mandated price controls - a throwback to communist central planning - to shield the public from rising global energy costs.

A throwback? I don't think they've ever got rid of them. Socialists like to use price controls too. Like our Democrats. They swoon with the thought of price controls. To save the women and children of course.