Utterly Mad

Probably a drop in the pond, really. China has some of the world's largest coal reserves, and is the world's largest coal producer. Compared to how much they import from other places (and considering they saw a 25% increase in imports over the course of 2016), I'm pretty sure how ever many tons they were pulling out of the peninsula is pretty irrelevant compared to to native production and imports from elsewhere.


Personally, I have a lot of trouble believing the "reduce our coal dependency by 50% by 2040" line China gives. Statements like this, no matter who's making them, always seem to assume energy requirements can be measured in a vacuum without regard for the effect things like population, technology, and so on. Pretty sure they'll be reliant on it due to the realities of their massive power requirements until something else that's equally cheap comes along.


I don't know how legit this is, but it's interesting.