Reuters is implying it’s Trump’s fault. They are scared of the bully Orange Man.
That’s garbage. They had planned on building 900 coal-fired power plants in the next decade—long before Trump was elected.
This is left wing media covering for the rank hypocrisy of the Chinese Communist Party.
Expect to see this talking oint repeated throughout the leftwing media.
“Developing country.”
Not to worry. The serfs in CA will make up for it by paying for highly priced “renewable” energy.
China is preparing to have a lot less foreign hard currency for imports, over the next few years.
They have plenty of coal to mine (and slave labor to do it with), but have to pay with real money (not the Monopoly money that they print by the boatload) to import oil or gas.
Waiting for a thundering “HOW DARE YOU” from Greta the great.
Hear that, Newsome? Anything you force Californians to do to “combat climate change” won’t do $hit!
This is an example for Trump to use as a reason to abandon the Paris Accords.
Only the US will be called into account for violations.
blueplum wrote: “thee not me, says China”
China scrambling to get into place something to replace the hydro-electric power they will loose (not if, but) when Three Gorges dam fails. Surprised it’s still there.
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China is also where most new nuclear power plants are being built.
They understand - you can’t have a modern economy without cheap and stable energy.
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In my area, 5 coal power plants that I know of have recently been scheduled for shutdown. The operators blame existing regs for causing costs to be too high to compete. (I’d guess their main competitor is natural gas.)
So far as I know, there are no plans to rebuild w/ natural gas powered plants on the present sites. I’d have thought the cooling lakes (in 4 of 5 cases) might at least be useful. (One cools mainly with water from the Ohio River, IIRC.)
This is going to be a hard hit for several area communities. The jobs at those plants are quite good paying jobs. Then, there will also be the loss to the mines that feed those plants.
A relatively minor loss, but significant to those who benefit from it, will be the reduction of fish growth rates in those lakes. Baldwin Lake in particular is a premium spot to go catfish angling, as the fish grow year-round. As a bonus, that lake’s contaminant’s levels are exceptionally low — mercury in particular is much lower than in some other seemingly much more pristine lakes in the region. While it’s been a while since I’ve been up there, and I don’t think the really big cats taste as good, a 10 lb. blue cat from Baldwin Lake tastes fine, and is relatively safe fare. I should probably hit Baldwin again in the next year or two, even tho’ it’s a bit of a drive...
https://www.ifishillinois.org/ssr/00195.pdf
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So basically the US could shut down completely and cut it’s “carbon” emissions to zero and it would have little effect on the world given that China (and India) are continuing to add fossil-based generating capacity, right?