http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/malcolm-turnbull-backs-new-coalfired-power-stations-to-stop-sas-power-woes-spreading/news-story/ea47718fbb119ee0ba218c9e9bd63f9f
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basically article says our PM is backing low emission coal fired electricity plants along side solar wind etc etc
reading between lines coal is still second cheapest power after uranium enriched nuclear -
Hey Mallee. could not open the page. So Australia is also investing in solar and wind?
There is a lot of cheap natural gas in North America so baseload coal will get replaced here with more natural gas which is cleaner and more flexible.Comment
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Chuck, the whole world knows the advantgae of burning good old coal and fossil fuels. Ontario's starry-eyed lefties have just experienced a January with half the usual sunshine and its now been proven that all the money squandered on "green" projects has done nothing- NO-THING to reduce carbon.Comment
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Only the future will tell us if ignoring research on coal as long as we have cheap gas is wise.Comment
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Worldwide coal plants
And this doesn’t include the many in the U.S.A. A Google search suggests they have over 1300 plants.
….perhaps it may interest You…isn’t Canada nice ? or what !!!!…
Here's Just a small sample of how many coal plants are out there
EU has 468 plants building 27 more for a total of 495
Turkey has 56 plants building 93 more total 149
South Africa has 79 building 24 more total 103
India has 589 building 446 more total 1036
Philippines has 19 building60 more total 79
South Korea has 58 building 26 more total 84
Japan has 90 building 45 more total 135
CHINA has 2363 building 1171 total 3534
But here comes Canada to shut down our 5 plants and save the planet!Comment
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