From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
By Paul Homewood
Whereas western leaders are in a state of hysteria over international warming, China simply retains on burning increasingly coal:
Newest knowledge for Q3 exhibits that thermal energy era (almost all coal) has elevated by 6.7% pa since 2019, based mostly on January to September figures:
https://chinaenergyportal.org/en/2021-q3-electricity-other-energy-statistics/
Thermal energy to this point this yr is up 11% on final yr. Whole era since 2019 has risen by 7.1%, and thermal has accounted for 2 thirds of that.
Wind and photo voltaic are up 17.5% and 9.3% over the 2 yr interval, however these are will increase from what had been already tiny figures. Even now, they nonetheless solely provide 9% of China’s electrical energy.
Furthermore, rising renewable capability can not sustain with rising demand. Within the final two years, they’ve solely met 20% of the additional energy wanted.
If that was not unhealthy sufficient, new capability additions for wind and photo voltaic this yr present no signal of taking off. Certainly, it could seem that new solar energy coming on-line this yr might be lower than any yr since 2015.
We hold being informed that solar energy is now less expensive than coal energy, however clearly China doesn’t suppose so.
President Xi could make all kinds of guarantees about peaking emissions, decreasing carbon depth and carbon neutrality in 2060. The tough actuality, nonetheless, is that with out fossil fuels, China would now be again within the Darkish Ages.
If Xi doesn’t admire this, there are numerous on his Politburo who do and they’ll shortly ship him off to the re-education camps if he stands of their method.
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