tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post9218085169494259769..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Bringing 21st Century coal to Newcastle. I mean, to China.EliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54967488424218931222013-01-29T21:41:50.327-05:002013-01-29T21:41:50.327-05:00No mention of the rail and ship emiisions to ship ...No mention of the rail and ship emiisions to ship the coal across the Pacific in Wolack's analysis.<br /><br />BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-272005684723562122013-01-28T01:57:30.678-05:002013-01-28T01:57:30.678-05:00"The gist seems to be that China is so power-..."<i>The gist seems to be that China is so power-hungry that its coal demand is relatively inelastic to price, while the US demand is elastic. Prof. Power obviously disagrees, and I doubt I have the econ chops to sort through it rigorously.</i>"<br /><br />Hmmm, something's tickling a thought or two...<br /><br />Pre-conditions:<br /><br />1) China's pockets are deep and full<br />2) the USA's pockets are deep, and full of other people's money<br /><br />So, given that China's demand for coal seems to be price-independent, this seems to indicate that it needs the energy (trivially obvious) and nothing is (seriously) capable of substituting for the energy-wollop that China wants ( -> ineleastic to price) . And the US's need for enery, being sensitive to the hole burning in its pocket, is currently being significantly satisfied with (cheaper) gas.<br /><br />Both countries have hight technology. In neither, and characterised as they are by different economic pre-conditions, are non-fossil sources showing any <i>serious</i> modification of the energy-use structures.<br /><br />This is not to say that there won't be non-fossil energy involvement in the future, but at this eleventh hour is someone starting to scribble on a wall of the thermodynamic house of cards?<br /><br /><br />Bernard J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2863355026476668332013-01-28T00:23:55.289-05:002013-01-28T00:23:55.289-05:00Jim Fallows at the Atlantic has quite a bit on how...Jim Fallows at the Atlantic has quite a bit on how bad air pollution in China is and attempts to improve (and hide) the problem.<br /><br />Dittos for Eli DanoEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-79757510499151878692013-01-27T23:51:59.289-05:002013-01-27T23:51:59.289-05:00Dano:
I'd be obliged if you could get in touc...Dano:<br /><br />I'd be obliged if you could get in touch via gmail<br /><br />RussellsSeitzTHE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54923118214205722202013-01-27T23:20:49.041-05:002013-01-27T23:20:49.041-05:00I don't know about the impacts on the global c...I don't know about the impacts on the global climate (well, I do and the word is "not good"), but I do know what the impacts of this misbegotten adventure in capitalism will bring to the town that I live in.<br /><br />I live in Bozeman, MT. We live on a single tracked section of the BNSF mainline. The railroad is saying that we might see 30 trains a day through here which will have a large impact on noise, pollution from the diesel engines, traffic because the two RR crossings neatly cut off the NE section of the town from the rest of the community. The traffic impacts will affect police, fire and ambulance response times. I do not know whether the increase in trains includes the deadheads going back to WY or not, but either way it is ugly.<br /><br />(Full disclosure, I live south of the crossings)Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-67539091361823195182013-01-27T23:19:16.891-05:002013-01-27T23:19:16.891-05:00Eli, I'm sure you are right on this. Yet to p...Eli, I'm sure you are right on this. Yet to provide a really cynical counter argument, just because I'm feeling that way today:<br /><br />Perhaps if we leave American coal in the ground, it's just asking the Chinese to invade us to get in in 50-100 years.<br /><br />:(<br /><br />Eric SteigErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024400862641057083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-34315600805086554542013-01-27T22:57:47.086-05:002013-01-27T22:57:47.086-05:00One wishes there were an economic incentive in Chi...One wishes there were an economic incentive in China to improve the pulmonary health of its residents by cleaning the air. <br /><br />But I suspect having the rich purchase private air filtration products at a profit for the manufacturers is the best anyone can do, really.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />DDanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709762632849004871noreply@blogger.com