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If coal is un-economic, why in your view are the Chinese building out more coal burning plants? See https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building
by shrubble 3y ago
If coal is un-economic, why in your view are the Chinese building out more coal burning plants? See https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-six-times-more-new-coal-plants-than-other-countries-report-fin https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-...
Why wouldn't they only focus on battery and renewables as you put it?
- toomuchtodo 3y agoPoor policy. Why would we be surprised they make just as poor mistakes as the US does? Perhaps for different reasons, but mistakes regardless. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-new-coal-plants-set-become-costly-second-fiddle-renewables-2023-03-22/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-new-coal-plan... (March 2023: "Analysis: China's new coal plants set to become a costly second fiddle to renewables")
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAlso: https://archive.ph/YhO0s https://archive.ph/YhO0s | https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-18/china-s-return-to-coal-looks-set-to-be-short-lived https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-18/china-... ("China’s Return to Coal Looks Set to Be Short-Lived")