China Seeks to Cut Reliance on Coal Imports With Mining Boom

[livingston]

China Seeks to Cut Reliance on Coal Imports With Mining Boom​

• The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation’s top economic planner, told officials from major mining regions at a meeting late last week that it wants to boost domestic production capacity by about 300 million tons, according to people familiar with the matter. It also plans to build a 620 million-ton stockpile of the fuel split between government, miners and users.
  Such an increase in output would cut the country’s already scant dependence on foreign imports after global prices hit record levels in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The measures also highlight concerns that China’s reliance on fossil fuels remains as entrenched as ever, as it seeks to enhance energy security to limit disruptions to economic growth, regardless of the impact on its climate goals.
  
  
  It’s hard to overstate the importance to China of coal, the most-polluting fossil fuel. The nation produces and consumes more than half of global supply, and it’s the biggest contributor to its world-leading greenhouse gas emissions. China has said that coal consumption should begin to fall off in the second half of this decade as it strives to peak emissions across the economy by 2030.
  
  
  
  

  China Seeks to Cut Reliance on Coal Imports With Mining Boom

  China plans a massive increase in coal mining, a move that will dramatically reduce its reliance on imports and deal a blow to its near-term climate actions.

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[meketrefe]

Yes they have plenty of the worse (dirtiest) coal on the planet.
Millions of people in china still depend on coal for heating and cooking.
It is like the pollution of the industrial revolution of 1900 only 120 years later and 100 time larger.
So ... We are going backwards.

 

[Steal2B]

Yes they have plenty of the worse (dirtiest) coal on the planet.
Millions of people in china still depend on coal for heating and cooking.
It is like the pollution of the industrial revolution of 1900 only 120 years later and 100 time larger.
So ... We are going backwards.

Yeah, but because of their horrid urban air pollution, the new Chinese more efficient ultra-supercritical coal fired steam power plants can meet stricter solid emissions than the current older US coal fired plants. As far as greenhouse gas emissions, however, China don't give a shit and does not buy in to the Green New Deal.