I operate into India several times each year. The overwhelming aroma on these occasions is wood/plant material smoke with a hint of what seems to be old mattresses. The China coal smell is different, and not as bad as it was a couple of decades ago, probably due to building efficient coal burners, and of course, nuclear power, which Australia could have abundantly and cheaply.
The global warming scam is becoming unravelled, with its zealots grasping at straws to continue the narrative. The earth has not appreciably warmed in accordance with the ‘models’ and sea levels have not risen. For example:
http://joannenova.com.au/2017/12/ris...ments-not-co2/
Even if they had, windmills and giant batteries would make SFA difference (except to the taxpayer-subsidised providers’ wallets). But there is always Green pixie dust. Perth still has water, Victoria’s desal plant has never been used and the polar bears are doing well.
Cheap and reliable coal and oil power provided energy that, inter alia, lifted millions out of poverty, saved the forests from being stripped for wood burning, stopped the harvesting of whales for their oil, and got man to the moon and our machines to the outer planets.
Australia is on a slippery slope toward widespread energy poverty, uncompetitive industry, shivering pensioners and becoming a global laughing stock (as South Australia already is).