Posted on 01/17/2015 11:50:18 PM PST by Olog-hai
European makers of equipment for coal-fired power plants should receive financial help to export it, an EU discussion paper seen by Reuters says, in a clash with the bloc’s declared aim to lead the global fight against climate change.
Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, emitting around twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas when used to generate power.
As a result, the European Union is phasing out subsidies for domestic coal plants by 2018 and the European Investment Bank has set an emissions limit for the energy for which it provides preferential loans, meaning coal is excluded.
The United States, together with Britain and the Netherlands, has also pushed for a phaseout of coal export credits.
But the discussion paper drawn up by officials from the European Commission’s trade department proposes that export credits, or preferential loans, continue for more efficient technology. …
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Still this carbon dioxide is bad bull crap...
It’s 100% Grade A BS. Not even one molecule of truth to it.
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