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Australia signs huge China coal deal- By:Generalissimo of All Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads)- 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary-Australia has signed a coal deal worth 69 billion dollars with China. The Australians plan to ship 30 metric tons of coal to China for 20 years. China, who recieves the coal will use it for their power stations in the country. Most of China's power stations rely on coal and demand has risen sharply in recent months after a government stimulus programme re-energised its economy. Australia, the country who ships the coal plans to build a railroad in their state of Queensland that is 311 miles long to the coast. The complex in the Galilee basin, to be called China First, is expected to start coal production in 2013 and will churn out some 40 million tonnes a year. Queensland state premier Anna Bligh anticipates the project will create tens of thousands of jobs and produce multi-million dollar royalty payments for the state government. (BBC) This deal could and will most likely dissapoint some enviormental groups. The enviormental groups say that though Australia has plentiful coal reserves, they should turn to other forms of energy. Sources- BBC News- [] New Zealand Radio- [] Similar- The contract is worth 69 billion dollars or 38 billion Euros as said in both articles. Also, both articles say that Australia is going to ship 30 metric tons of coal for 20 years to China. And, both the BBC and NZR say that the deal may dissapoint enviormental groups. The BBC article states that Australia will build a railroad to transport the coal to the coast in the Australian state of Queensland. Differences- The main difference is that BBC's article is in more detail than that of NZR. BBC article has a picture and a map while the NZR article doesn't have any at all. Opinion- Sure its going lots of money is in this deal but look, if we are trying to cut global warming and pollution, and they're using coal? That's not helping at all. Its making it worse for the enviorment and the animals and other such living organisms, even ourselves.