> On Feb 6, 2026, at 15:04, David Walters via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Mark] Growing use of coal and renewables are positively correlated in China. > That may indicate that there's no such thing as an "energy transition". > > No, they are trying to minimize coal use but they are slow about it.
What I was trying to say is that both coal and renewable use are growing. And the answer to that seems fairly well documented if you page through Wikipedia pages on coal in China, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China. There is also https://discoveryalert.com.au/energy-security-clean-transition-geopolitical-tensions-2026: China has increased production practically every year up to 2025, but only by 1.2% in 2025. So, David, you cannot say "no" to my claim that the growth coal and renewables are positively correlated and also agree with the widely-available available data that coal mined is growing in tonnage. You might claim that it is growing more slowly, it is, but it is already far too high for 1.5C. Will they reduce it to a negligible amount with respect to GHG? That has not happened historically. Maybe China is really exceptional. Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40559): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40559 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117439078/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
