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limpyhobbler

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3. Hopefully the Australian people will start pushing back against the insanity.

Reply to pscot (Reply #2)

Sat May 11, 2013, 04:18 PM

May 2013

I was just googling a little about Australian coal and saw this...

Australia’s Coal Reserves Alone Could Take Up 75 Percent Of What We Can Still Risk Burning

The coal that will likely be developed just in Australia could take up 75 percent of what the world can still burn while staying under two degrees Celsius of global warming. That’s according to the latest report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04/29/1937601/australias-coal-reserves-alone-could-take-up-75-percent-of-what-we-can-still-risk-burning/

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Coal port scrubbed: 3 down, 3 to go [View all] pscot May 2013 OP

A lot of these fossil fuel acceleration projects are only marginally profitable. limpyhobbler May 2013 #1

The Australians are pushing this pscot May 2013 #2

Hopefully the Australian people will start pushing back against the insanity. limpyhobbler May 2013 #3