Coal power is not a permanent solution, because there are only finite reserves of coal in China. At current rate of current rate of consumption (2,300 Mtoe of c

Coal power is not a permanent solution, because there are only finite reserves of coal in China. At current rate of current rate of consumption (2,300 Mtoe of coal in 2025) they have still have reserves for 70 year. https://chinadata.live/data/coal-consumption-china-vs-world/ https://chinadata.live/data/coal-consumption-china-vs-world/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_reserves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_reserves We can look at more concrete promises by leadership of China: "In a video statement to the UN in New York, President Xi Jinping said that China would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions across the economy by 7-10% by 2035, while "striving to do better"." Too little, too late. "Most scenarios to limit warming to 1.5C - or even well below 2C - would require China to make much greater cuts than that by 2035" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4y159190go https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4y159190go