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Assessing the issue, Prof. Ahmet Erhan Aksoylu pointed out that at the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015, there was common consensus to limit global warming to 2 degrees. Emphasizing that coal is considered to be a dirty fuel all around the world, with very high carbon dioxide emission per unit of energy, Prof. Aksoylu explained, “The cost of carbon dioxide emission per ton is around $4-7 today. In order to limit global warming, this figure will rise to 100-200 Euros. That is an economically unsustainable amount, particularly for coal-based energy power plants. For energy security and also because of environmental concerns, production of natural gas from coal has become a priority for Turkey, a coal-rich country.”
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