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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by spenrose on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:05PM (#14377540)
China is already replacing coal with renewables and nuclear. It doesn't need a new source of CO2.
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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:22PM (#14378651)
China is still building new coal. "65GW of new coal-fired units had started construction between January 2016 and January 2017, down 62% on the 170GW the year before. Most coal power stations are around 1GW or greater in capacity."

Consider that those coal plants could run for 40 years[3], it's probably better if those new plants were CCGT[2] rather than coal.

1. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/22/coal-pow...

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_cycle

3. https://qz.com/61423/coal-fired-power-plants-near-retirement...

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