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The article reveals China’s ambition to add the useage of natural gas instead of coal. They hope to have 10 percent of their energy come from natural gas by 2020 instead of the 6 percent it is now. To put that in perspective the global average is 25 percent. The benefits from the decrease in coal use have been predicted to decrease welfare costs by 0.5% due to cleaner air.

China has had many pollution problems. The air has been contaminated so severely that it causes health problems. The decrease in coal use and increase in natural gas use should be very beneficial for the environment due to less pollutants in the air. People will inherently be more healthy due to the cleaner air.