Posted on 12/19/2021 3:45:59 PM PST by george76
The IEA is calling on China and India to put their climate pledges into action.
The agency argues that there is a disconnect between the commitments made by both countries, and their continued reliance on coal energy.
Global power generation from coal is expected to jump by nine percent in 2021 to a new high.
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The International Energy Agency has called on China and India to reduce coal power generation and put their climate pledges into action, describing both countries as “holding the key to future coal demand”. The world’s two largest coal producers – with economies that account for nearly three billion people combined – are currently responsible for two-thirds of coal demand
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Both countries were heavily criticised last month for watering down coal pledges at the COP26 climate summit, altering the phrasing of agreed plans to cut coal consumption from “phase out” to “phase down” over the next two decades.
The energy agency argues there is a disconnect between the commitments made by both countries, and their continued reliance on coal energy.
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Steep hikes in natural gas prices have also increased demand for coal power by making it more cost-competitive.
Overall coal demand worldwide, including uses beyond power generation such as cement and steel production, is also forecast to grow by six percent in 2021.
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More than half of global coal-fired electricity generation takes place in China, where coal power is expected to grow by nine percent in 2021 despite a deceleration at the end of the year.
In India, it is forecast to grow by 12 percent.
This would set new all-time highs in both countries
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Meanwhile we here in the USA need to live with brownouts and blackouts and give up driving.
Consulting fees for Hunter Biden, deals with Paul Pelosi and Mr. Diane Feinstein. Donations to the Clinton Foundation. My guess is that these are some of the reasons.
—doing their part to stave off the next ice age—
So long as it isn’t the US making all those greenhouse gasses, it doesn’t count a contributing to globull warming.
China said they will be using more coal for the next 20 years and then they will level off...
Big Wind
and Big Sun
when winter comes
can’t get it done
And, yet, America is supposed to save the planet? IF this climate change crap is ‘fixable’...I’m guessing it will take the WHOLE PLANET...
I’ve read that China is building coal power plants to facilitate the switch to electric cars/trucks and conserve petroleum fuels for their military.
They need the energy to make the solar cells!
US has like 70% of the world known deposits of coal.
So we have the coal, but we banned ourselves from using it!
“IF this climate change crap is ‘fixable’...I’m guessing it will take the WHOLE PLANET...”
Clean up the Yellow and Ganges rivers. The problem isn’t climate, it’s pollution.
You would just never have this negative press in Communist utopia China, that’s for sure!
Killing the energy sector in this country is one of their goals while the rest of the world pollutes
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