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All politics is local. So it is not the ideological economic situation. It is difficult to make sure governments advice. Because they can be a politically very, very painful process. And no wonder in india it took election and very powerful, very determined Prime Minister to make progress recently. In nigeria is a bit political. So i dont think, i dont think theres a very clear understanding, a very clear consensus on it. Im not aware of one single government which will save no, no, no. We definitely think is a good idea. It is just that the Prime Ministers and finance ministers are looking fo...

It and it sort of became a status symbol to know what they what they care quality and care enough about your health that you are checking your smart phone every hour to see how the numbers clocked in. This has become a very present political issue for the leadership. I think because it isnt so much about the care quality and it really is about the bargain, the underlining bargain whether the government is fulfilling its obligations to people. And you talk to people that have no interest in being overtly political because being political in china is dangerous and costly. But they dont see it as...

Viable in the philippines. Again, human behavior. Its taken them ten years to pass the Renewable Energy act. Its taken them another five years. Human behavior effects this. And i think theres a lot of opportunities where asia can do better. Biofuels, and i call this more efficient use of coal. When i was in charge of the clean energy program, i got hammered i used to get hammered all the time by grease peace, because it was called the asian dams and bridges bank and we finance a lot of coal, they say its changed. But they use to hammer us all the time and say, no, you cant use clean coal becau...

Utility partners in building more gas but still worried about those price shocks and they see keeping coal in the mix is one of the ways that they can avoid those kinds of shocks as part of what they do. Last thing i will say, of course, is thats the United States story. In other countries, coal is much more prevalent and the availability of gas much more limited. So, from a global perspective, we certainly see coal as an important player, not just in the United States or not just in north america but many parts of the world. Hi, Charles Ebinger from brookings. Julio, it seems to an outsider t...