Voracious energy consumption will soon propel China to the top of the world league of CO2 emitters. The Chinese government is making an effort to diversify away from coal, which accounts for 70% of its total energy consumption, but is shying away from difficult policy choices that would hasten this process. China's growing reliance on imported oil has also impelled it to seek close ties with some controversial regimes in Africa and the Middle East. Has China's energy quest become a global problem, and, if so, what are the solutions?
The enviromental impacts can be minimised by providing more gas emmission incinerators and plants that converts CO2
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If you mean the use of technology to minimise CO2 emissions, this is already happening to some extent in China. However, the problem is that such plants are more expensive to run--even if the carbon trading CDM scheme is used to cover some of initial capital costs--and many of them are not being operated at their full capacity. Total Posts: 2 - Pages (1): [1]
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