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27 comments on Is this the Economic stage of the Peak?

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Leanan on November 22, 2005 - 5:27pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Yup.  In July of 2004, there was an article in Discover magazine about China's attempts to clean up their environment. Their country is being decimated by pollution. Sulfuric acid generated by their coal-burning plants (which provide 75% of their energy) is killing their crops. Deforestation and erosion is causing huge dust storms. They want China to be greener (especially for the Olympics).

The article said that they plan to quadruple the size of their economy by 2020, while "only" doubling their use of coal. The article talked about solar and wind, but I have to think that oil is also a big part of their plans. No way can solar or wind provide that much energy.

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TI on November 23, 2005 - 4:48am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
"The article said that they plan to quadruple the size of their economy by 2020, while "only" doubling their use of coal." This would mean that should produce about 4 billion tons of coal or 4 times the US current production. This is not possible. In fact the Chinese coal industry is predicting a far lower growth of coal production during the next few years.

China needs a lot more oil, that's for sure.

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