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China To Expand Coal Use As It Prioritizes Energy Security
Oil price ^ | Mar 11, 2022 | Tsvetana Paraskova -

Posted on 03/12/2022 12:00:28 PM PST by george76

Despite pledges to contribute to global efforts of reducing emissions, China will continue to maximize the use of coal in coming years as it caters to its energy security...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told representatives from its biggest coal-producing region, Inner Mongolia, that China "could not part from reality" and that it is "rich in coal, poor in oil and short of gas...

The energy transition is a long process and China cannot just "slam the brakes" on coal.

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China said it would help run its coal-fired power plants at full capacity in a bid to ensure energy security, despite the climate goals of the world's largest polluter.

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China, the world's largest coal consumer and largest greenhouse gas emitter, has said it targets to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060, but last autumn's power crisis and record-high global coal prices amid an overall energy shortage made energy security a top priority for the country.

A few months ago, China ordered a ramp-up of coal production, which hit record-highs for both December 2021 and the whole of 2021.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agw; china; climatechange; coal; coalfired; energy; powerplants

1 posted on 03/12/2022 12:00:28 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Try to imagine what Chinese officials say about John Kerry in private.


2 posted on 03/12/2022 12:06:27 PM PST by allendale
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“China To Expand Coal Use As It Prioritizes Energy Security”

Sounds like they don’t want to get hooked on Russia for energy. I wonder why.../


3 posted on 03/12/2022 12:07:13 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: george76

Black Lumps Matter


4 posted on 03/12/2022 12:20:23 PM PST by moovova
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To: george76

China To Expand Coal Use As It Prioritizes Energy Security

US To Expand Wind & Solar Use As It Prioritizes Climate Change


5 posted on 03/12/2022 12:22:39 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: george76

This negates anything this misguided government tries to do about “climate change”.


6 posted on 03/12/2022 12:26:32 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: george76

No worries. They can afford it! Disney is investing billions there. Check out Shanghai Disney.https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/


7 posted on 03/12/2022 12:32:20 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: george76

Btt


8 posted on 03/12/2022 12:38:24 PM PST by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: BobL

Russia is number two in known coal reserves.

The USA is number one.

China will buy all the coal they can get from Russia.

They will send it via rail. They completed the bridge between the countries last year and even if they do not run it cross that bridge they can transfer to to barges.


9 posted on 03/12/2022 12:41:01 PM PST by crz
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To: george76

Greta will not be pleased.


10 posted on 03/12/2022 1:04:12 PM PST by technically right
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There are way more trees in the Northern Hemisphere than 100 years ago. Do you know why?

Because people started burning coal instead of wood.


11 posted on 03/12/2022 1:13:17 PM PST by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind blows too much)
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Joe says we don’t need energy security.

... China “could not part from reality” and that it is “rich in coal, poor in oil and short of gas...

Meanwhile, we are not in touch with reality, are stifling
coal, oil and gas...which we have in abundance.


12 posted on 03/12/2022 1:30:54 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Progresses think: American CO2, bad; CCP CO2, good.


13 posted on 03/12/2022 1:50:14 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: george76

while the rats push the new green deal, buy oil and drilling stocks and kill America


14 posted on 03/12/2022 2:39:51 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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a bid to ensure energy security

They've also bought up all the grain they can. At least in those areas, unlike the US, they're providing for their people.

15 posted on 03/12/2022 3:30:27 PM PST by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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