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From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:19:32 -0700
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On 10/21/24 16:08, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers  <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm NOT a "denier" but DO deny any international convention where
>>>> China and India are NOT part of the solution can possibly be
>>>> effective.
>>
>> 	Well they are building a lot of solar and wind capacity.
>> 	But like some other nations they have to continue to use
>> Coal and other fossil fuels until their capacity is high enough
>> to replace other none-emitting sources.
> 
> Problem is that Chinese coal is mostly crap and their methods of
> extraction are inefficient and hazardous.  The US is fortunate
> (or unfortunate depending on how you look at it) to have lots of
> solid clean anthracite coal still left, while China never had
> much in the first place and has had to depend on soft bituminous
> coal.  (North Korea did have some, which is part of why vinylon
> fabric was so popular there since it could be synthesized directly
> from hard coal and and lime, but now most of it is gone there too).
> 
> So there is plenty of other reason for China to move away from coal,
> thankfully.
> --scott

Clean anthracite ain't clean in the modern sense.

We were selling coal to China until recently but I think Canada is
making up the differnece.

	bliss - hair splitting done at low cost.

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