亚洲开发银行驻华代表处的一份报告认为,中国应该加快开发利用煤层气,以大大降低采煤死伤率,利用煤层气的巨大商业价值,缓解能源供需矛盾,改善能源供给结构,减少环境损害。亚行的研究表明,合理利用煤层气可以大大降低采煤死伤率。中国煤矿的重大恶性事故中,70%至80%都与瓦斯爆炸有关。如果能在采煤之前先采出煤层气,可以使煤矿生产中的瓦斯涌出 A report by the Asian Development Bank’s representative office in China believes that China should speed up the development and utilization of coalbed methane so as to greatly reduce the death toll of coal mining, make use of the huge commercial value of coalbed methane, ease the contradiction between energy supply and demand, improve the energy supply structure and reduce environmental damage . ADB’s research shows that the rational use of coalbed methane can greatly reduce the death rate of coal mining. Among the major malignant accidents in China’s coal mines, 70% to 80% are related to gas explosions. If CBM can be produced before coal mining, gas from coal mine production can be emitted