China's three biggest power firms emit more carbon than Britain

a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/28/china-greenhouse-gas-emissions-greenpeace" This article /a reports on a Greenpeace report that claims that China's three biggest power firms emit more carbon than Britain. This does seem testimony to the fact that China has been growing fast economically - and that this growth is energy-intensive.br /br /The article reports that in Japan, 418 grams of carbon dioxide are emitted per kilowatt hour but in China around 752 grams of CO2 is produced for each kilowatt-hour of energy-generated.br /br /It does seem that, if carbon emissions are to be controlled, China needs to develop more efficient methods of energy generation. Perhaps they should take a leaf out of Japan's book on this topic - as it seems to be among one of the most energy-efficient developed countries [probably in part because it has to import all of its oil].div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38622711-8780048314926990991?l=vinospoliticalblog.blogspot.com'//div

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