Exporting Coal Pollution

$$$  Another tale of the Dollar $$$

So many dollar stores , So little Chinese foreign exchange.

Hmm..  ?? Lets see how we can get some foreign exchange back from China.. Hmm
Lets build 4 seaports on the Left Coast and ship all the American
Powder river coal to china.
We would much rather have Tar Sands oil from Canada and Natural Gas.

The main working coal export Terminals are Ridley and Westshore
terminals in Canada , shipping ~ 7 Million Tons /y
http://www.westshore.com/
http://www.rti.ca/en_landing.html

The planned but not yet approved ones are in the USA. 
The Millenium Bulk Terminals and the 
Port Westward project are the 2 largest with shipping capacity of  67 million Tons /y

Closer to Canada is the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal with a
capacity of 44Million tons /y , currently in the approval stage of
planning.
http://gatewaypacificterminal.com/

Doing the math is not too hard in this case. We can look forward to a
sixfold increase in the volume of coal leaving the west coast for
China , Real Soon Now , and a tenfold increase a little later..

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/05/coal_export_terminals_and_china_should_the_u_s_ship_its_dirty_coal_to_china_.html



For America to really emerge as a major coal supplier, we need
suitable port facilities—which is exactly why plans are underway to
build six major new outlets in Oregon and Washington.

The case for coal exports comes down to the hardy perennials of jobs
and money. But the good news for coal opponents is that digging up
coal in Idaho and Wyoming to ship it to China doesn’t create many jobs
in Oregon. The money, similarly, flows mostly to the owners of the
mines and the railroads. Port communities would see only a tiny
fraction of the economic benefits of a coal flow. At the same time,
the local environmental impact is only a tiny fraction of the
worldwide implications of a vastly expanded coal trade. And if the
United States wants to stay out of the Pacific coal export business we
ought to make sure we do it properly rather than simply diverting the
flow north to British Columbia. The future of the American coal
industry has huge national and global implications.


Another source , but behind a firewall is the 13 October issue of New Scientist.
"the Next Climate War" by Sarah Jane Keller
Those living in a big time University Town should find it in their  Library
Others in the real world will have to download it from The Pirate Bay.

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Total World Coal Consumption in 2008: 7,238,207,000 Short Tons!

When it comes to global warming and air pollution, coal is enemy #1.
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/what-are-the-top-10-coal-burning-countries-on-the-planet-whos-1.html
#1
China 2.8 Billion Tons /y
#2
USA  1.1 Billion tons /y
#3
Inida   .63 Billion tons /y

Danger! World Coal Consumption is Going Up Rapidly
According to the EIA numbers, between 2004 and 2008, total world
consumption of coal went from 6,259,645,000 to 7,238,208,000 short
tons. That's a 15.6% increase of the most carbon-intensive kind of
fuel in just 4 years. Ouch.

Coal is the #1 product handled by rail and handled by ports in Canada.
Canada consumed 60 million tonnes of coal in 2007.
The 21 coal-fired generation plants consumed 53 million tonnes to
produce electricity.
A small portion is used in iron and steel-making, cement, and other industries.
In 2007, Canada’s steel industry used about 4 million tonnes. Cement
and other Industries used
close to 3 million tonnes. Remember.. Total shipping from Canadian
ports is about 7 Million Tonnes.

Coal reserves in Canada rank fifth largest in the world
following the former Soviet Union, the US, the People's Republic of
China and Australia
at approximately 10 billion tonnes, 4% of the world total.
This represents more energy than all of the oil and gas in the country combined.