Presumably China saw reports like this and said "lets make oil/diesel/gasoline from coal at large, industrial scale". And they are starting to do: https://www.

Presumably China saw reports like this and said "lets make oil/diesel/gasoline from coal at large, industrial scale". And they are starting to do: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chinese-alchemy-cheap-fuel-powers-coal-to-gas-chemicals-boom-2025-09-04/ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chines... https://chinaresearchcollective.substack.com/p/turning-coal-into-oil-the-spectacular https://chinaresearchcollective.substack.com/p/turning-coal-... China is doing everything, expanding solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, coal. Expanding oil and gas drilling. https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Starts-Ultra-Deep-Onshore-Oil-and-Gas-Drilling-Campaign.html https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Sta... https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-110m-ton-offshore-oil-discovery https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-110m-ton-off...