> in part due to carbon emissions... fracking made natural gas cheaper [than coal] Well which one is it? From what I can remember natural gas electric generati

> in part due to carbon emissions... fracking made natural gas cheaper [than coal] Well which one is it? From what I can remember natural gas electric generation took off along with the fracking boom, which is when it became cheaper. If it was really for emissions natural gas should've taken over generation before it became cheap, right? I contend it was purely for economic reasons, and the relative emissions benefits were a nice bonus. > China still onboarded more than 173GW of coal in the last 5 years Citation needed. And again, they don't have natural gas. They have coal. What they don't have is an energy policy that beats down solar power and renewable energy due to ideology and "coal interests". What more do you expect? > That is 3x what Germany spends in a year They have like 12x the population of Germany. It's a meaningless comparison. And they even had a 1 child policy for such a long time. Unlike you with the natural gas I won't claim they did it for the emissions. But just like natural gas it was a bit lucky for the environment, right? Pretend China is 10 separate countries and put this vapid fossil fuel industry talking point out of your mind. The humans are there and they produce carbon emissions. Why do lines on a map matter?