Originally posted by Fat Harrys Cat
Noble sentiments.
I suppose you're going to suggest to the Chinese that they use solar power to smelt the iron ore they bought from Australia?
No. I didn't think so.
And, if you did, they'd tell you to go to hell anyway (very politely, of course).
Basically, it doesn't matter if Australia goes to ZERO Co2 output tomorrow. China alone will spew that out in a week.
Good points, FHC,
Some figures from the web site of the Global Coal Plant Tracker - they may not be entirely accurate, but the numbers of coal plants are nevertheless quite striking;
Existing Planned
EU28 468 27
India 589 446
China 2363 1171
Japan 90 45
Turkey 56 93
South Africa 79 24
Philippines 19 60
South Korea 58 26
I imagine that many of those planned will be the far more efficient HELE type, and many of the existing ones will be replaced. The particulate emissions of the latter are as we know a major problem in countries such as China. The West might be worried
Whether one shares Stockcount's view of the situation or not, it seems to me that the huffing and puffing that goes on in Australia about what action should be taken, is firstly ignored by most of the rest of the world, and secondly that whatever we do will not make diddly-squat difference.
My reading of the scientific and political situation is that the major impetus behind the shift to greater use of electricity as an energy source, has far more to do with reducing particulate and noxious gas emissions, than emissions of carbon dioxide. Other major considerations include convenience and safety. There is indeed great potential for AnteoCoat in the battery world. However, what is often glossed over is where the power is to come from for all these batteries. Now we've been living off-grid for a couple of years now, reliant on solar and batteries, and the good ol' internql combustion engine for when the sun don't shine for a day or so . . . and with bigger and better batteries, we'd probably be able to leave those generators in the back of the shed. This experience has been interesting and provides useful perspective on the current debate about energy sources. Some time back I think I posted that worldwide, solar and wind power account for about 2-3% of global energy production. The domestic situation is a far cry from the industrial, as FHC points out.
Meanwhile, we look forward to having a compact ADO-enabled battery at home to run the household and the power tools !
(20min delay)