Aftenpostens klimasider: irrelevante halvsannheter?

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Sjeldnere og sjeldnere besøkes Aftenpostens klimasider, men idag ble de begunstiget. Toppreportasjen var en tilsynelatende klimarelatert, politisk korrekt historie:

Kullfyrt kraftverk stoppes i Myanmar
Myndighetene i Myanmar har besluttet å stanse byggingen av et kullfyrt kraftverk på grunn av bekymring for miljøet.

Tilsynelatende en nobel handling, om enn misforstått?

Nei, myndighetene hadde funnet på å lese en avis, og der stod det at slike kullfyrte kraftverk ikke var bra for miljøet. Hva kan en skarve diktator gjøre i en slik situasjon, annet enn å lytte til de innsiktsfulle journalistene?

Khin Maung Soe said that the government is considering building a smaller plant with an output of only 400 MW instead. He made his statement at a press conference in Rangoon on Monday, reasoning that the government learned of the potential environmental impact of the power plant through media reports.

Men her har klimaforskning.com en liten ekstranyhet som supplement til Aftenpostens klimasider:

Dawei power plant to be renegotiated

(Mizzima) – Burmese officials and the Italian-Thai Development company, the builder of the Dawei deep-sea port and industrial complex, will renegotiate the type of power plant after the government abruptly cancelled a coal-fired power plant last week.

The government's decision "only means we have to renegotiate the source of fuel," Somchet said in an interview in Bangkok on January 10, according to Bloomberg News. A new type of power supply will require the contract to be renegotiated and affect the cost, company officials said.

Myanmar's decision is "nothing dramatic," Somchet said, adding that the company would explore using natural gas instead.

PTT, Thailand's biggest energy company, is studying whether to invest in a power plant in the Dawei project, chief executive officer Pailin Chuchottarworn told reporters in Bangkok earlier in the week.

Ital-Thai chairman Premchai Karnasuta said last month he expects to sign loan agreements in 2012 valued at $12.5 billion to develop the first stage of the projects. Japan Bank for International Cooperation will probably provide most of the funding for the port, road and railway links in Dawei, he said on December 26.

Ital-Thai is still seeking partners and financing for an integrated steel mill, oil, gas and petrochemical complex, and fertilizer plants, Bloomberg said.

CO₂ er ikke nevnt, og klimaet er neppe en del av disse folkenes vurdering. Naturgass er også kilde til CO₂. Hvis dette har med miljø å gjøre i det hele tatt (jeg tviler), så er det nok heller lokale prioriteringer det dreier seg om.