India says Paris climate deal won't affect plans to double coal output

[GliderGuider]

I keep harping on the idea that the Second Law of Thermodynamics, as manifested through the Maximum Entropy Production Principle and the Maximum Power Principle, is a root-cause driver of human social behavior, and that its effects tend to override our collective consciousness, foresight and conscience. Want proof?

India says Paris climate deal won't affect plans to double coal output

India still plans to double coal output by 2020 and rely on the resource for decades afterwards, a senior official said on Monday, days after rich and poor countries agreed in Paris to curb carbon emissions blamed for global warming.

India, the world's third-largest carbon emitter, is dependant on coal for about two-thirds of its energy needs and has pledged to mine more of the fuel to power its resource-hungry economy while also promising to increase clean energy generation.

"The environment is non-negotiable and we are extremely careful about it," Anil Swarup, the top bureaucrat in the coal ministry, told Reuters. &quot But) our dependence on coal will continue. There are no other alternatives available."

While India has plans to add 30 times more solar-powered generation capacity by 2022, there were limitations to clean energy and coal would remain the most efficient energy source for decades, he said.

This statement runs directly counter to the theoretical jawboning coming from the renewable energy advocacy organizations. Who is more likely to be correct, I wonder? (Actually I don't wonder at all. I have a sinking suspicion that the Indians are telling the truth.)

Time to circle the wagons...

[pscot]

1. If India burned its entire coal reserve

that would dump 800+ billion tons of CO2 into the air. Has a species ever committed suicide?

[Nihil]

2. It's a work in progress ...

> Has a species ever committed suicide?

Not yet but we're trying as hard as we can!