Comments on: Will China Follow the U.S. in National Carbon Cap?

By: lenrosen4

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:06:55 +0000

China recognizes the downside of burning coal. They are taking leadership in many ways in finding alternative energy sources including thorium reactors. I have been writing about the latter for some time. The interim between deploying a new generation of reactors and the current coal dependency is leading to intensive build outs of renewable power while seeking technologies to reduce airborne particulate matter. The Chinese leadership is very aware of a groundswell of disapproval of the environmental deterioration within the country. The Party’s future in control of the state is on the line.

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By: shawn disney

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:55:34 +0000

Len, I’m a retired engineer, and as interested in controlling CO2 as anyone, but the idea that penalizing people for burning coal as a workable solution is little short of idiotic. 1.) It is discriminatory, as the 3rd world people point out. 2/) It is unenforceable. Chinese , a good example, are well aware that their lifespans are shortened by coal, but they want energy anyway. Of course they want to breathe also, which is why they have taken the lead in a REAL program for carbon control, namely restarting the Thorium Liquid Fueled Reactor (LFTR) system, an alternative form of nuclear fission power, designed and demonstrated as an aircraft engine during the Cold War. If you haven’t heard of it , you should look it up on Youtube. It is should end up cheaper than coal, and since Thorium is ridiculously cheap and plentiful, this should solve the CO2 problem quite nicely, with no need for any carbon caps at all. Shawn Disney

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