Edited 21 Nov 2019 14:08, 2 years ago, edited by don_dunstan

China is already the biggest 'carbon polluter' in the world and they're set to get even bigger with a massive 121 new coal-fired plants to come on line in the next few years in addition to their existing 987 coal plants. From ZeroHedge:

Across China, a whopping 148GW of heavily-polluting, coal-fired plants are either being built or are about to begin construction, according to a report from Global Energy Monitor, a non-profit group that monitors coal stations. Putting that number in context, the current capacity of the entire EU coal fleet is 149GW, or the same as what China is about to add. What's worse, and what has paradoxically not been noted by Greta yet in her global crusade against pollution so far, is that while the rest of the world has been largely reducing coal-powered capacity over the past two years, China is building so much coal power that it more than offsets the decline elsewhere. Ted Nace, head of Global Energy Monitor, said the new coal plants would have a significant impact on China’s already-increasing carbon emissions.

"What is being built in China is single-handedly turning what would be the beginning of the decline of coal, into the continued growth of coal," he said, adding that China was "swamping" global progress in bringing down emissions.

So we're supposedly feeling good about closing coal-fired power plants here - in the meantime China is building so many new ones it makes our own progress in tackling the carbon monster totally insignificant. What's the point in punishing ourselves with expensive, unreliable 'renewables' when it makes not one jot of difference to the global carbon crusade?