[Coral-List] Remost meetings

[Richard Plate]

It seems to me that data posted to this list should always come with a
citation of the source in order to promote more productive discussion.

Regarding the number of coal-fired plants, a quick glance at the figure for
the United States makes me awfully skeptical of that data set.  A total of
15 coal-fired plants in the U.S.? That makes us look like heroes in the
effort to address climate change.

Here's a link to an EIA page that maps all the power plants by type:
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/

I count 15 in Illinois alone. I agree it's scary, and the U.S. is a big
part of the problem.

-Richard Plate

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 11:30 AM Eugene Shinn via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Those of you concerned about global pollution from air travel might be
> interested in some data I received this morning.I assume these data
> regarding the numbers of coal fired power plants on our planet is
> somewhat correct. Would still be scary even if there were half as many ..
>
> Number of coal fired power plants in various countries:
>
> *The EU has 468 - building 27 more... Total  495*
>
> *Turkey has 56 - building 93 more... Total  149*
>
> *South Africa has 79 - building 24 more... Total  103*
>
> *India has 589 - building 446 more... Total  1036*
>
> *Philippines has 19 - building 60 more... Total  79*
>
> *South Korea has 58 - building 26 more... Total 84*
>
> *Japan has 90 - building 45 more... Total 135*
>
> *China has 2,363 - building 1,171 more... Total 3,534*
>
> *_USA has 15 - building 0 more...Total 15_*
>
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