Coal, the biggest environmental devastator

The above data sheet provided by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that China currently dominates the use of coal in the world. Despite impressive support from the Beijing government in finding new sources of energy to replace and raising awareness of the dangers of air pollution, the use of coal in China remains continued to increase despite a slower rate of increase in recent years.

This is very dangerous not only for the Chinese people (Beijing has been heavily polluted recently) but also for the whole world. Coal is the cause of 20% of the greenhouse effect and gas emissions, which is the leading cause of climate change. Air pollution from burning coal directly damages human health and that is why some scientists have likened coal to the enemy of humanity.

Of course, the reason coal is so popular in China and most countries in the world is because it is very cheap. That's why even though coal is dangerous to health and the environment, both China and many other fast-growing countries do not turn away from it. This situation will continue in poor countries until clean energy sources can compete with coal in price terms - and that day is far away.

The EIA chart also shows President Obama's limited ability to come to an agreement with other countries to counter global climate change. In fact, most of the carbon emissions emitted by developing countries like China are also due to the use of coal.

As previously reported, the United States has restricted the use of coal and cut carbon emissions in recent years. However, even if coal is banned from use in the United States, it continues to be burned with billions of tons in other countries.

The world cannot resist climate change until people stop using coal as much as it does today, but the United States is unlikely to convince China and India to abandon the use of energy resources. This cheap.