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joe_mambatoday at 11:00 AM5 repliesview on HN

>China and India coal usage dropped for the first time in 52 years

Isn't it because they're now getting Russian oil and gas at rock bottom prices from western sanctions?


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rjtavarestoday at 11:09 AM

No, it's because of renewables. Share of oil in total energy consumption hasn't increased since the sanctions, while wind and solar have been consistently increasing. Coal is down (again, as a share of total energy consumption).

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/profile/energy/china

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energy123today at 11:25 AM

China is trying to eliminate oil because of the Malacca Dilemma. The US and allies control the seas as part of containment policy. The US also has the Middle East on lockdown, every gulf country in particular. China has a little base in Djibouti and influence over a collapsing IRGC I guess, but not enough to secure any routes. China only has land-based power projection in Eurasia which exerts some limited but insufficient control over land corridors. This is the real incentive behind China's renewables and electrification efforts. That it also addresses global warming is a very welcome side-effect.

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defrosttoday at 11:07 AM

No.

Re: China, see: [1] which goes into some detail. There's also various IEA energy reports which anticipated a fall for India and China after the fall in every other country (save, apparently the US which is bucking the trend).

citrin_rutoday at 11:35 AM

China is also getting coal from Russia at rock bottom prices. Coal is no longer cost efficient source but for a big country like China shifting away will take time.

newyankeetoday at 12:33 PM

Most of the Russian Oil is refined and ironically a lot exported to Europe.