1- No one supports building more coal in China. BUT, if we fail to cut our CO2 output to meet IPCC standards, China has said they will not under any circumstances cut their emissions. In order for China to stop building coal, we need to first. It’s just that simple.

2- The best thing to do with our coal reserves is sell them overseas and consume as little of it as possible ourselves. Western Powder Basin coal is lower in sulphur, especially over most of the coal in China, and therefore more environmentally friendly. The best ton of coal is the one you don’t burn yourself.

3- You’re kidding yourself if you think we need more coal and nuclear to get baseload power– we have plenty of base, we need more peak. did you not hear the FERC commissioner yesterday say that the US doesn’t need to build a single new power plant in the entire country to meet growth? Instead, we need energy efficiency, renewables, energy storage, and distributed power generation.

4- if you think CO2 isn’t harmful, I suggest you place a plastic bag tightly over your head and breathe deeply for several minutes. If you believe that CO2 is warming the planet and man is only a small contributor to the problem, HOW MUCH MORE SO SHOULD WE REGULATE OUR EMISSIONS? If nature’s trying to push us off a cliff, you push back even harder. Or, if you (more likely) believe CO2 is not warming the planet, I will listen to you and then believe the 95% of climate scientists who disagree with you.

Nimby’s at thier best uninformed, technologically ignorant and basing everything on false premise about CO2 which is not a pollutent but major natural element that man has no control over (the 12 active volcanoes + Ocean floor rift emit more emissions than all global industries of man).