China's Coal Dependency

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By Keith Kloor
Mar 20, 2011 9:06 AMNov 19, 2019 9:49 PM

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A China analyst advises that

dethroning coal from its dominant position in China's energy hierarchy will be exceptionally difficult, even assuming optimistic scenarios of deploying other energy sources.

What does this realistic outlook imply?

Therefore, it is imperative to simultaneously focus on developing clean coal and carbon technologies.

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