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So they’ve reached peak refined oil but not peak coal yet.. their electric grid is very coal intensive and will only need more to accommodate more electric vehi
by 486sx33 2y ago
So they’ve reached peak refined oil but not peak coal yet.. their electric grid is very coal intensive and will only need more to accommodate more electric vehicles. this is NOT a good environment news story.
Coal is much worse for the planet than natural gas or gasoline.
In this chart, thermal power is almost exclusively coal in power China. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302233/china-power-generation-by-source/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/302233/china-power-gener...
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41220098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41220098 ("HN: China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41026542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41026542 ("HN: China is on track to reach its 2030 clean energy targets already") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40982276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40982276 ("HN: China installing the wind / solar equivalent of 5 nuclear power stations a week")