Almost Funny

I just came across a Slashdot article that mentioned a large increase in the use of coal as power-generation fuel in China. This was attributed to the fact that the price of coal has declined significantly in the past few years due to the rise in "green" technologies in Western countries. Thus, while businesses in the West are spending vast sums to reduce CO2 emissions by going with solar and wind power generation packages, the Chinese are profiting from the surplus of coal to run their factories at a lower cost.

I suppose the next logical step for the Climate Change Brigades will be proposing legislation to make coal mining illegal in order to drive up the price and force the Chinese into compliance. It should make for an interesting string-pushing contest.