Germany to fight climate change by building 26 new coal-fired power plants
After hearing about the new Greenpeace “Plan B” climate protection plan, in which Germany turns off all of its nuclear power plants by 2015 while still maintaining it can cut 40 percent of its CO2 emissions by 2020, the Merkel government, not wanting to be topped in matters concerning environmental correctness, has apparently come up with a new plan of its own (let’s call it “Plan C”), in which this same 40 percent reduction is claimed to be attainable while simultaneously constructing 26 coal-burning power stations.
China is the world's biggest consumer and producer of coal and is expected to surpass the US as the world's No. 1 greenhouse gas emitter in the next few years, for instance. And its leadership, keenly interested in and encouraged by Germany’s stunning example, is now planning to announce an even more ambitious Chinese “Plan D” next week, in which it will look you straight in the eye and say that it can cut CO2 emissions by 95 percent while building 180 new coal-fired power plants.
The United States, lagging behind as usual, has no such plans at the moment. Die Luschen (the wimps).
Von Deutschland lernen heißt (Umweltbe)siegen lernen.
PPS: And thanks for the plan b link, Andrew.
China is the world's biggest consumer and producer of coal and is expected to surpass the US as the world's No. 1 greenhouse gas emitter in the next few years, for instance. And its leadership, keenly interested in and encouraged by Germany’s stunning example, is now planning to announce an even more ambitious Chinese “Plan D” next week, in which it will look you straight in the eye and say that it can cut CO2 emissions by 95 percent while building 180 new coal-fired power plants.
The United States, lagging behind as usual, has no such plans at the moment. Die Luschen (the wimps).
Von Deutschland lernen heißt (Umweltbe)siegen lernen.
Kommentare auf Deutsch? Logisch.
PS: Thanks for the AAAS link, letters - and the anger link.PPS: And thanks for the plan b link, Andrew.
Ich bin zwar gegen den totalen Ausstieg aus der Atomkraft, insbesonderen da wir den Strom dann von anderen Nationen einkaufen müssen, die wiederum Atomkraftwerke besitzen und im Traum nicht daran denken diese abzureißen, aber das "Volk" hat entschieden.
Das ist zwar dämlich, insbesondere wenn man bedenkt welche Staaten da dabei sind, nicht gerade die reichsten und Technologisch fortgeschrittensten, und somit die nicht wirklich sichersten Betreiber solcher Anlagen, aber ich werde auch keine Alpträume deswegen bekommen.
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Speaking of burning coal, did you know that 200 million tonnes of coal is consumed around the globe each year from underground coal fires which have been burning for decades, sometimes centuries? These fires go deep into the earth, have hundreds of vents, and won't burn themselves out for ages and ages unless we get serious about doing something about it. All this talk about green this and high-tech that and we're standing by watching as this happens.
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