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I made the argument earlier[1] that if climate change was a global institution friendly way to talk about oil production failing to grow any more and possibly f
by narrator 3y ago
I made the argument earlier[1] that if climate change was a global institution friendly way to talk about oil production failing to grow any more and possibly falling causing catastrophic effects on human civilization that all sectors of society would need to prepare for, that carbon capture efforts would be token only and coal would be the big mega winner.
Now we see that India and China seem to be increasing their coal production as fast as they can [2] and now Germany is doing likewise.
[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35702201&p=2#35703919 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35702201&p=2#35703919
[2]https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-production-by-country https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-production-by-countr...
- legulere 3y agoGermany isn’t advancing coal production but reducing it. This mine in particular recently was decided to be shut down earlier. India and China are building coal power plants as they have a rising electricity use and don’t manage to build enough renewables and nuclear