Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.

Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by nameless912 on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:26AM (#12938270)

How would this have changed if we were mining our own coal? If they're using an amount that far outstrips everyone else combined, the environmental damage would be largely the same with or without US coal.

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Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by Turing_Machine on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:33AM (#12938308)

1) A substantial portion of the Chinese coal is burned to produce steel and other products that are exported to the United States. 2) Burning that coal here (where there are environmental regulations) would produce less damage that burning it in China (where there are effectively none).

I'm not sure why this is confusing.

I'm also not sure why people are modding down factual posts. That type of behavior is exactly what's given you President Trump.

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Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by woodchuck64 on Saturday November 12, 2016 @11:17AM (#12938550)

China exports 800 million tons of steel and the US only imports 1.9% of that. Burning coal here will have very little impact on China steel operations.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-steel-china... http://www.ita.doc.gov/steel/countries/pdfs/imports-us.pdf

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Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by Turing_Machine on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:53AM (#12938435)

That's it! Keep making the bad facts go away!

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