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pscot

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4. You know where the tipping point for coal use is?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 07:52 PM

Nov 2013

If we send 100 million tons a year to China (2 coal ports, 1 north 1 south) we add 286 million tons of CO2 to atmospheric burden. That's a 5% increase in our annual CO2 emissions. It's our coal. We own whatever effects burning it will produce. We can say "NO" right now. If not now, when? What sort of sign are we waiting for? Read the IPCC report.

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You know where the tipping point for coal use is? pscot Nov 2013 #4

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