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We should be reaching peak coal real soon now: https://www.iea.org/news/global-coal-demand-is-set-to-plateau-through-2027 https://www.iea.org/news/global-coal-

• toomuchtodo 1y ago
  It’s really all up to China now, to build and sell as many EVs, batteries, and solar panels as they can. They have to crowd out fossil energy usage globally as a global clean energy manufacturing powerhouse.
  • aziaziazi 1y ago
    They might have/choose to create batterie big enough to retrofit their diesel-electric haul truck first, to start at the beginning of the batteries supply chain. Not wanting to sound defeatist but that's not the easiest part.
    • toomuchtodo 1y ago
      https://theicct.org/publication/ze-mhdv-market-china-2024-mar25/ https://theicct.org/publication/ze-mhdv-market-china-2024-ma... https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/half-chinas-heavy-truck-sales-could-be-evs-by-2028-catl-says-2025-05-18/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/half-chinas-heavy-tr... https://electrek.co/2025/05/18/autonomous-electric-haul-truck-fleet-set-to-revolutionize-mineral-mining-in-china/ https://electrek.co/2025/05/18/autonomous-electric-haul-truc... I cannot overstate how much battery manufacturing capacity China is building. https://about.bnef.com/blog/china-already-makes-as-many-batteries-as-the-entire-world-wants/ https://about.bnef.com/blog/china-already-makes-as-many-batt...
      • aziaziazi 1y ago
        Wow that’s interesting indeed. Thanks for the links.