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• ddeck 8y ago
  Let's hope they find the talent they need for that. Taiwan is home to the world's largest coal-fired power station (which is also the world's largest emitter of CO2 - equivalent to that Switzerland) and just announced construction of a new coal-fired plant 40 minutes from Taipei[1], much to the dismay of residents, environmental groups, and those related to the estimated 1,000 people killed each year by the existing plants. [2] [1] https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/taiwan-takes-a-step-back-with-new-coal-plant/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/taiwan-takes-a-step-back-wit... [2] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b03731 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b03731