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" IT'S been a black Christmas for green thinkers as Germany, the world leader in rooftop solar and pride of the renewable energy revolution has confirmed its rapid return to coal.
After scrapping nuclear power, Germany's carbon dioxide emissions are back on the rise as the country clamours to reopen some of the dirtiest brown coalmines that have been closed since the reunification of east and west.
China, meanwhile, last year approved new coal production of more than 100 million tonnes and has plans to add another 860 million tonnes by 2015.
Even more sobering, according to the International Energy Agency, is the fact that in the next decade India will overtake China as the principal source of growth in global energy demand.
In its medium-term coal outlook published last month the IEA said rising demand for coal was the "never-ending story".
In short, "coal once again exhibited the largest demand growth of all fossil fuels in 2012", the IEA said.
Despite rising demand, the world remains awash with coal, meaning in many places lower prices have pushed out gas, which is conside....."
