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CNPC: China Reaches Refined Oil Demand Peak (oilprice.com)
7 points by toomuchtodo 33 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



So they’ve reached peak refined oil but not peak coal yet.. their electric grid is very coal intensive and will only need more to accommodate more electric vehicles. this is NOT a good environment news story. Coal is much worse for the planet than natural gas or gasoline.

In this chart, thermal power is almost exclusively coal in power China. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302233/china-power-gener...


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41220098 ("HN: China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal")

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41026542 ("HN: China is on track to reach its 2030 clean energy targets already")

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40982276 ("HN: China installing the wind / solar equivalent of 5 nuclear power stations a week")




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