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| China's coal demand to reach 2.5 bln tons by 2010 - report |
| 2005-07-03 |
| China's annual coal demand is expected to reach 2.5 bln metric tons by the end of the decade and 2.9 bln tons by 2020, the 21st Century Business Herald reported, citing an industry source. Guo Yuntao, director of the China Coal Industry Development Research Center, predicted coal demand for this year to hit 2.13 bln tons, the newspaper said. Guo also said coal supply capacity is predicted to reach 1.6 bln tons in 2010 and 2.0 bln tons in 2020, leaving shortfalls of 0.5 bln tons and 1.3 bln tons respectively. The report said coal consumption by power producers will reach 1.1 bln tons this year, 1.5 bln tons by 2010 and 1.9 bln tons by 2020. This neatly explains why Kyoto is a self-indulgent waste of time. Burning a tonne of coal produces about 2.3 tonnes of CO2. From the start of this year to 2010 China will burn an extra .5 billion tonnes of coal per annum releasing an extra 1.1 billion tonnes of CO2. Total projected reduction in CO2 emissions under Kyoto is 483 million tonnes per annum by 2012. Not that there is any chance this will be reached. Increased coal consumption in China alone will swamp any reductions from Kyoto and then there is India and the rest of the developing world and all the other fossil fuels whose use is increasing at the fastest rate in history. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #5 Australia has vast coal fields and simple geology. They will be the primary supplier. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-03 05:23 |
| #4 I would like to see the US get serious about any new reactors for the production of energy, not just pebble bed reactors. China was still using coal fired steam engines last time I looked. I think they can find Coal closer than the USA too. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-03 05:21 |
| #3 I'd sure like to see the US get serious about pebble-bed reactors, like yesterday. If the ChiComms wanna pay the freight, sure we'll sell 'em Western coal. All they want, heh. As long as we do that first thingy, first. That be the uberserious thing. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-03 05:10 |
| #2 More's the pity, will they crash if they don't get the coal? Can China afford to upgrade its infrastructure to convert? All the more reason for America to actuate more clean-burning coal plants---reserve the supply here, and it's less for China. |
| Posted by: asedwich 2005-07-03 05:05 |
| #1 tell em to buy biger shuvels. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-07-03 02:51 |