Reply #24: And despite all that, coal consumption is booming worldwide [View All]

I don't recall reading about China and India installing 100 GW of wind, solar, tidal, current, wave, or geothermal energy in 2007.

What I did read was that they installed 100 GW of new coal-fired capacity in just one year alone. The often-quoted figure is almost one new coal-fired plant PER WEEK.

I also read about how Bangladesh is eyeing their coal reserves to replace their declining natural gas supplies.

And how Germany is planning to build 30 new coal-fired plants as they phase out their nuclear powerplants, so much so that they will have to import millions of tons of coal from South Africa to satisfy their requirements.

Despite all the rosy, reassuring promises that have been repeated for decades, the current-day realities are far uglier.