Top 10 Coal-Burning Countries

"Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."
(Native American proverb)

"We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not yet learned the simple art of living together as brothers." (Martin Luther King)

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Would be more interesting if it were by the number of people, or percent of total energy. Thanks anyway.

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Interesting, I think until the full cost of coal or oil is realized upfront instead of just being treated like an externality that renewables will have a hard time gaining large scale use. Costs exist for coal in terms of acid rain, mercury, asthma that are not realized in our power bills. Oil has costs such as military bases in Kuwait that do not show up at the pump. Until we get a better calculation of cost, the products are essentially subsidized.

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True.......it is interesting, but the alternatives have been greatly ignored in order to substantiate the argument.
For example; in England we are moving quickly towards wind power generated by hundreds of 300ft high 'windmills'. 'Fine' you might say, but what do we do when the wind fails?
What will we do when our nuclear power plants are unable to produce the amount needed for all? We'll back it up from coal-powered plants.
Why don't we use coal from the massive reserves under our feet? (deep coal veins). Because we can buy it cheaper from other countries because it is sold at a much reduced rate by the governments.
Despite all this, you have failed to tell us of the CO2 rates emitted to produce solar panels etc; their cost and reliability, never mind their efficiency.
Please don't push for something without giving us sensible comparisons that we can relate to.
The coal mines were killed in Britain by a government in order to crush Trade Unions. Nothing to do with health or cost.
Were it not for that very reason, we would be using much more coal than we do today. And there would be tens of thousands more people employed than there are now.
You worry about health too much when people don't have the means to buy food. What chances for THEIR good health?

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Doesn't take into account the population of these countries. I would like to see how much the top ten would change. The USA and China would probility still land in the top ten but further down on the list.

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thanks

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We are all going to suffer for all of our actions,,,It will going to happen soon.If we dont make a move to at least minimize it and seek some other alternative.

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Thanks for posting. Very informative.

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Even more interesting is the linked article "Clean Coal's Dirty Secret". Read it guys!

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Thanks for posting this-very informative.

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