Hi Ward,

On 2015-02-02 11:53:03, you wrote to Bj”rn Felten:

 WD> However, I sat down and talked to the mayor of Honolulu who is the
 WD> chairman of the group of the Pacific Ocean's coastal cities
 WD> association. He mentioned that airborne polution specifically
 WD> originating from Chinese brown coal plants is abundantly measured in
 WD> California.

 WD> He also mentioned another disturbing fact ... hardly 12% of the
 WD> Chinese population is on-line with modern technologies. What will
 WD> happen re: energy demand when all these people come on-line ...
 WD> require electricity, have a TV, computer(s), ... the same for North
 WD> Korea once that country collapses (which it will). China cannot
 WD> produce enough power-stations to follow demand, so more browncoal.

Quote from wikipedia:

"As of September 2014, the People's Republic of China has 21 nuclear power
reactors operating on 8 separate sites and 28 under construction.[1][2][3]
Additional reactors are planned, providing 58 GWe of capacity by 2020.[1]
China's National Development and Reform Commission has indicated the intention
to raise the percentage of China's electricity produced by nuclear power from
the current 2% to 6% by 2020 (compared to 20% in the USA and 74% in
France).[4][not in citation given] However, rapid nuclear expansion may lead to
a shortfall of fuel, equipment, qualified plant workers, and safety
inspectors."

Nuclear reactors don't directly produce CO2 or dust, but whether this is a good
development remains to be seen...

Bye, Wilfred.

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