Dear Editor,
Noel Mitchell letter to the editor, in the Monday, August 31, 2015 issue, is quite right that the Government seems to be promoting coal-fired power plants at JAMALCO and — although he didn't mention it — Goat Islands. They must be living in a cave in the Dark Ages to be so proud of such coal-power plants.
The contribution to global warming of coal is huge, and the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is projecting a consequence of 1.2 metres (or about 4 feet) of sea level rise by 2100, which will obliterate and submerge Negril and much more.
Mitchell however, might be better off suggesting that we approach China, rather than Germany, to assist in building a major solar power plant, because the Chinese are busy building out the 25 square kilometers (six solar towers x 135MW = 810 MW) Delingha solar thermal power plant and the huge solar panel power plant in the Gobi desert, whose rapid growth can be seen in the NASA photos from orbit.
We should go with the flow. Follow fashion, so to speak.
Howard Chin, PE
Member, Jamaica Institution of Engineers
hmc14@cwjamaica.com
Sometimes we should 'follow fashion'
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Noel Mitchell letter to the editor, in the Monday, August 31, 2015 issue, is quite right that the Government seems to be promoting coal-fired power plants at JAMALCO and — although he didn't mention it — Goat Islands. They must be living in a cave in the Dark Ages to be so proud of such coal-power plants.
The contribution to global warming of coal is huge, and the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is projecting a consequence of 1.2 metres (or about 4 feet) of sea level rise by 2100, which will obliterate and submerge Negril and much more.
Mitchell however, might be better off suggesting that we approach China, rather than Germany, to assist in building a major solar power plant, because the Chinese are busy building out the 25 square kilometers (six solar towers x 135MW = 810 MW) Delingha solar thermal power plant and the huge solar panel power plant in the Gobi desert, whose rapid growth can be seen in the NASA photos from orbit.
We should go with the flow. Follow fashion, so to speak.
Howard Chin, PE
Member, Jamaica Institution of Engineers
hmc14@cwjamaica.com
Sometimes we should 'follow fashion'
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