Coal Saves Developing Countries : Progressives Block Coal to 3rd World

Even with the new regulations from the EPA that were instituted three years ago on goal fired energy plants which they built into their systems,  but it wasn't enough for the eco-fascists environmentalists that saw the goal plant continue to survive, that now demand more regulations that energy corporations say they can not accommodate.

The bottom line here it's not about the environment, it's about social politics. That the population of this country, and for most of the developing world that finds themselves in a ever growing compromising position where the cost of energy sky rockets, as Mr Obama stated in 2008 with his cap and trade scheme, leaving third world countries struggling, deciding between having an adequate energy supply or food to survive from day to day, is of little consequence.

The progressive socialist Democrats want green energy now dam the results if they are not good. If it destroys the lives of millions people or entire countries in the process, it doesn't matter, the progressives feel good about at least trying to save the planet.

For the progressive socialist democrats is all about the agenda, the philosophy of social engineering,  establishing a permanent voter base of dependent individuals that gave up their personal freedom when they voted to allow others to determine their futures.

I wonder how they determined what is more important, individual freedom to choose ones destiny, or accept a life of dependency. It is a choice, and it is done at the ballot box, for the most part. Vote it the progressive democrats of live with the consequences. You chose!

Developing Countries Need Coal-Fired Power Plants
Source: Bjørn Lomborn, "The Power to Develop," Project Syndicate, December 12, 2013.
December 19, 2013

Coal has lifted 680 million people in China out of poverty over the past 30 years, says Bjørn Lomborn, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center.

• Coal provides cheap and reliable power, which leads to development.
• Chinese cities like Beijing have bad smog problems from coal, but the economic tradeoff has been well worth it.
• In 1982, the average Chinese person earned $585 per year.
• In 2012, the average Chinese person earned $7,958 per year.

Even with these benefits, many rich countries do not support the use of coal in poor countries.

• Both the United States and the United Kingdom abstained from the World Bank vote to finance a coal-fired power plant in South Africa in 2010, even though the United States admitted that without a plant, South Africa's "economic recovery will suffer, adversely impacting electrification, job creation and social indicators."
• This year, both countries announced that they would not back international finance for coal-fired power plants in developing nations.

Coal is the cheapest option for poor nations.

• In South Africa, coal costs just $0.09 per kilowatt hour (kWh).
• In Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya, electricity costs from hydropower, gas and oil will likely be between $0.16 and $0.25 per kWh.
• Solar lights, on the other hand, cost $2 per kWh.

For the world's poor, coal-fired electricity is a necessity. Many in developing nations burn dung, cardboard, and twigs indoors to cook and stay warm. This indoor pollution is not only 10 times higher than in the cities of advanced nations, but it is responsible for 3.5 million deaths each year.
Too many people are unwilling to acknowledge the environmental tradeoffs needed to improve the lives of the poor across the world.