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Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol... by nextaccountic on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:26PM (#27963202)
> And China isn't slowing down. Coal is incredibly cheap when there's no carbon tax or emission standards. One of the many reasons it's cheaper to manufacture in China and why North Americans and Europeans can't compete.

I thought that Trump was all about building more coal? Didn't it work out?

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Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-pol... by 908B64B197 on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:31PM (#27963295)
It didn't.

It maybe slowed down decommission of existing power plants, but nobody would build a coal power plant today from scratch in the west. These things last for a generation, while an administration 8 years at most.

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