Japan on gas, coal power building spree to fill nuclear void

[madokie]

16. Lets talk about this a little bit

What kind of coal plants are they building, are they direct burn as we know coal or are they gasified combined cycle by any chance? Because if its the later its a whole different ball of wax in the amount of co2 output to the air compared to the former. I realize either way you have to rape the earth to get coal but so do you with gas, oil or Nuclear. With gas and oil the raping isn't so much out in the open as it is with mining but its still there nevertheless. What goes in comes out afterall. Any of the three I mention means we're as a civilization are fucked. I believe I've read the Japanese are installing roof top solar like it was going out of style, thats good if they are because in any region the most electricity we need is during the day. Solar and wind can and do produce a lot of electricity.
All I know is nuclear as it is used today is too dangerous and needs to be stopped.

In my personal world in the last 22 years I've gone from using gas, LPN, to waste, wood pellets, to a variable speed heat pump with a SEER of 19.2. Our electric bill dropped by 1/4 this summer from previous years. I expect our heating bill will drop by at least as much this winter. A lot can be said for what we as individuals are doing in our own personal lives to cut our energy usage.