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Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by skybrian on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:30AM (#12938287)
China also has huge investments in solar and some of the worst pollution anywhere. They've hit peak coal and are apparently starting in the other direction [1].

[1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment...

Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by melling on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:42AM (#12938361)
According to Wikipedia, eletriciy generation from coal is at 73%. And it is questionable if they are at peak coal. If their electricity generation doubles and they reduce the percentage to 60%, they're going to be burning a lot of coal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China

Yes, China does produce a lot of solar but what percentage of electricity is that?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_China

You are speaking in generalities and not using hard data. That is no way to analyze a problem.

Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by skybrian on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:56AM (#12938450)
I'm not an expert in this issue or doing any analysis, and neither are you. I shared a link I thought was interesting. I'm sure there is better analysis out there if someone cares to look, but I'm not going to do that right now.
Re:Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A. by carlvonlinne on Saturday November 12, 2016 @11:20AM (#12938564)
China is indeed 'greening' its economy to move to what it calls a Ecological Civilisation. This is a big development, and it goes lumpy but its government bodies coordination is improving. An example of which is the development of a Green Financial Systems (see this PBoC's link: http://www.pbc.gov.cn/english/130721/3131759/index.html)