I basically agree with Abrahim on this: so long as 30% of the energy sector is based on coal generation then no matter what the Chinese economy does in trying to stem it from shrinking, nothing will be accomplished and Michael Meeropol's disaster prediction will come to pass. If it is coal that is supplying a 1/3 of all the power to EV batteries then no progress is made, at all, except in terms of local tailpipe pollution. Coal generation is the low hanging fruit to replace with low carbon energy production. Currently, around 40% of all rolling stock on China's railroads are for hauling coal from the coal fields in North East China to the southern "Special Administrative Regions" from Shanghai south to Guangdong province (includes Hong Kong.). This is a huge drain on the Chinese economy itself, especially in the winter when trains get stuck in snow slowing the whole economy down and causing black outs.
China's energy politics is just that: energy. More and more to satisfy its increasing export market for finished commodities. The higher the value imparted into the commodities, the better. China is unique in that it has more than two ways to satisfy low carbon generation: wind and solar production (currently the largest in the world in terms of both installation and manufacturing), nuclear energy (currently also the largest expansion in the world currently with 56 operating reactors and 27 under construction -- and another 100 being proposed), and hydro electricity with a lot of potential for damming rivers (and all the environmental concerns therein but they are in fact building many multi-GW hydro projects). If all built out as they propose, it will cut the GHG emissions tremendously. But they are still building coal plants (often left idol until they need them or are allowed to run them by provincial authorities). David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30257): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30257 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105928478/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
