Its part of a controversial energy revolution China hopes will help it churn out desperately needed natural gas and electricity while cleaning up the toxic skies above the countrys eastern cities. However, the plants will also release vast amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, even as the world struggles to curb greenhouse gas emissions and stave off global warming. Once you have invested in it, China will have locked itself in a high water-consuming, high carbon-emitting path, said Chi-Jen Yang, the Duke energy researcher. This short-term mistake will become a mistake that will be hard to turn around for decades. Oh boy.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:06:26 +0000