Just saw an article about coal consumption reaching an all time high this year. I know obviously China leads the world in population AND renewable energy, but they also lead it in coal consumption by a long shot. It’s alarming to me. How fast are they moving away from it? Is it fast enough?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/global-coal-consumption-reach-all-time-high-this-year-iea-2022-12-16

What do we make of this? I don’t mean to be overly critical but it just seems like they’re moving way too slow to me, given that we have literally 10 years before we hit +1.5C.

  • Leninismydad@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    No I do not think China is moving fast enough with energy transition, it my main criticism of Chinese energy planning.