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China considers canceling coal-to-oil projects |
| Home | (The Associated Press) - BEIJING: China is considering halting efforts to make oil from coal because of concerns about cost and energy efficiency, a state press agency on Sunday quoted an official as saying. China is hoping to ease its rising dependence on imported oil by promoting alternative energy sources like oil-from-coal and solar, wind and nuclear power. China "may put an end to projects that are designed to produce petroleum by liquefying coal," the official Xinhua press agency said, quoting an official of the country's top economic planning agency. |