This is how stupid people are in the world when it comes to green issues.
In the UK they're up in arms about a new coal mine saying it pollutes the enviroment and all that. But in order to build 'green' we need a lot of steel and materials and that needs coal.
So wouldn't it be better to mine the coal in the UK and use that to make the steel/materials? Oh no, the coal is bad!
So the mine doesn't get built. But we still need the steel. So what happens? The coal is mined in China, the steel is made in China and then shipped thousands of miles to the UK.
Which one creates more pollution? Of course it's the China deal. So by being all 'green' and stopping one coal mine, in the name of 'less pollution', you've actually created MORE POLLUTION!