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joshcryer

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16. The invisible hand, indeed. Tata Group is growing out coal production.

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:49 PM

Jul 2012

India grapples with coal shortages
Amid India's ongoing domestic coal shortage, Tata Power, the country's largest private power producer, said it is eyeing coal mines abroad for fuel security.

"We are already scouting for coal mines overseas," said Tata Power Executive Director for Operations S Padmanabhan, Press Trust of India reports. He said the company was looking at Indonesia and South Africa for acquisitions.

"Given the demand for the fuel for our power plants and the shortage of domestically produced coal, we have to depend on imports," Padmanabhan said.

The company also aims to produce 50 million metric tons of coal annually by 2020 to ensure fuel security, he said.

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Cheap Coal Is Dead. Long Live Renewable Age [View all] kristopher Jul 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author XemaSab Jul 2012 #1

Do you ever understand anything you "read"? kristopher Jul 2012 #2

WE'RE SCREWED XemaSab Jul 2012 #4

Thanks Kris--great articles! diane in sf Jul 2012 #3

Part one starts off with misinformation. joshcryer Jul 2012 #5

Ya gotta wonder why this is happening, then: GliderGuider Jul 2012 #6

There's a lot of ignorance and misinformation in that post GG kristopher Jul 2012 #8

So what you're saying seems to be GliderGuider Jul 2012 #9

Is that what you believe? kristopher Jul 2012 #10

You're reduced to reading my tea leaves. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #11

That too lacks accuracy kristopher Jul 2012 #12

"The immediate economic agent crippling nuclear is natural gas" XemaSab Jul 2012 #13

Well, that gives wind ten years to close the gap, n'est-ce pas? nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #15

One thing I've never figured out GliderGuider Jul 2012 #14

You have a point. joshcryer Jul 2012 #17

Especially when we don't even take ourselves seriously GliderGuider Jul 2012 #18

The invisible hand, indeed. Tata Group is growing out coal production. joshcryer Jul 2012 #16

Damn, they're planning on quintupling coal-generated electricity in the next 8 years! NickB79 Jul 2012 #19

You shut your mouth XemaSab Jul 2012 #20

Yep, OP is Orwellian double speak. joshcryer Jul 2012 #21

coal is on a surge worldwide backwoodsbob Jul 2012 #7

Yep, and the coal we don't burn we're shipping overseas. joshcryer Jul 2012 #22

Good to hear from Carl Pope--eom Kolesar Jul 2012 #23

One might read your post as sarcasm. hunter Jul 2012 #24

Go outside and get some fresh air...eom Kolesar Jul 2012 #25

Mmmm, 400-ppm-of-CO2-and-rising-rapidly fresh air, nice NickB79 Jul 2012 #26