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皇冠体育app’s coal-chemical industry is entering a new stage of development, with 15 local pilot projects approved in late August.

But authorities should take the environmental costs into account. The biggest problem is water resources. Statistics show direct liquefaction of coal needs 7 tons of water for each ton of coal, and the indirect liquefaction process needs 12 tons. Other procedures also require large amounts of water.

This industry is not welcome in most countries, except South Africa, which gets more than 90 percent of its energy from coal.

The 15 projects will need 1.1 billion tons of water in 2015. The coal industry’s overall water consumption in 皇冠体育app will hit 10 billion tons then. And most of these projects are in the dry areas of Northwest 皇冠体育app.

It is expected that local water resources will shoulder unprecedented pressures. Local ecological and soil degeneration will be fast. In addition, other pollutants will be discharged in the production process.

皇冠体育app is already the largest coal producer and importer in the world. More than half the coal in the world is produced in 皇冠体育app. If the coal-chemical industry is fully developed, 皇冠体育app may use more coal to satisfy its thirst for energy.

While authorities declare their intention to get rid of their reliance on coal, this industry makes the declaration harder to fulfill. It will become increasingly difficult to control 皇冠体育app’s carbon emissions.

In fact, western 皇冠体育app should pay more attention to developing solar and wind energy, but not go back to coal.

Translated from 21st Century Business Herald

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