On: Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world’s hy...

[_dp9d]

As an Australian that has just returned after 15 years away, it baffles me there are Australians who will iterate the differences between "Extraordinarily mind-bendingly bad" and regular old "horribly bad" like it makes a difference.

"Clean Coal" is actually a joke and I'm genuinely shocked people fell for it. Murdoch has A LOT of control here.

[throwawaylinux → _dp9d]

> As an Australian that has just returned after 15 years away, it baffles me there are Australians who will iterate the differences between "Extraordinarily mind-bendingly bad" and regular old "horribly bad" like it makes a difference.

I don't know what you're getting at or how it relates to what I wrote. Black coal generation is about twice as good as brown coal for emissions intensity of production of electricity and gas is about twice as good as black coal. These differences and other differences in efficiency are extremely important if you're looking to minimize emissions, which is the subject of the article.

[cduzz → throwawaylinux]

I think the observation is one of

"it is healthier to drink 2 liters of whiskey than 2 liters of bleach, and the bleach is healthier than 2 liters of dimethylmercury"

In some ways, yes, correct. In ways that are important, though, no.