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China is relying on coal-fired power plants to meet severe electricity shortages, but such heavy polluters are damaging the environment and harming its people and its neighbours.
The UK could secure its energy supply for many decades if it could use its huge reserves of coal, scientists say.
The Chinese government plans to triple China’s energy supply over the next 15 years. That means adding enough new power stations to supply the entire energy needs of Sweden each year.
Cars running on coal? It could happen in this country – some day.
Coal and power stocks in China have fallen to their lowest level in 20 years. The catastrophic forecasts on effects of an overheated economy are coming true showing how much more the government has to do to cool down.
Coal’s stability in high temperatures could make it an ideal fuel for the next generation of military aircraft.
Despite concerns about global warming, the prime minister’s energy plan stresses the importance of fossil fuels and rejects the Kyoto Protocol
Dan Rice has been following the energy sector since the 1979 oil crisis, when fears of gasoline shortages led to long lines at gas stations. But Rice, manager of State Street Research Global Resources fund, believes the USA faces a much more serious energy crunch this time.
An industrial report of the State Information Center with the National Bureau of Statistics forecasts China will face a more severe power shortage this year than it did in 2003.
A company has begun studying the feasibility of a plant that would convert coal into diesel fuel.
It would be the first plant of its kind in the United States.
A report of a presentation on Peak Oil and Gas by co-leader of the New Zealand Greens, Jeanette Fitzsimons.
Facing runaway oil prices and security fears, East Asian officials meeting in Manila will make emergency plans that included creating oil reserves and finding alternative sources for their energy imports.
