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I totally doubt this, china love juking their numbers.
As others have pointed out, it's not that coal use is decreasing, in fact, it is increasing. It's that other sources are growing much faster. They don't have to "juke" the numbers, just lie with statistics.
Unless their increasing demand for energy is infinite clean energy will outpace coal at this rate and even absolute coal usage will decrease soon.
Probably true. It is the global trend. Although they may follow the same curve as the US, despite booming renewables, coal is being replaced with Natural Gas more than solar and wind. That's more for political reasons though. Solar and wind continue to get cheaper, and grid storage is finally starting to pan out.
China is smart enough to not be dependent on sources they do not control. The US has leverage over the Gulf but China has nowhere near it. That is why they are so bullish on renewables.
Isn’t this fairly verifiable via satellite imagery though?
How would satellite images show how much coal is being used or how much power is generated by anything?
Because satellites can track gasses and what not.
Yup. And here’s some more to back you up. There are several satellites whose sole purpose are tracking greenhouse gas emissions.
Japan has GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite) and GOSAT2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_Gases_Observing_Satellite
NASA has Tanager-1 https://www.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/nasa-designed-greenhouse-gas-detection-instrument-launches/
And two CO2 mappers along with a dedicated methane mapper.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5332/
The ESA has Sentinel-5P https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Space_for_our_climate/Satellites_providing_clear_picture_of_greenhouse_gases
There’s also MethaneSat that tracks methane emissions. https://www.methanesat.org/satellite
And GHGSat which tracks industrial emissions. https://www.ghgsat.com/en/technology/constellation/
I would love to see those photos and the data. china/ccp lies all the time, its their default setting. Country has the highest co2 emissions of the entire world. even if this was true they are still the worst polluter.
Ever been to china? Its a mess, mao really fucked up a great country in my opinion. I love china, the people are so nice, I have stories for days on the great times I had there. But FUCK the ccp.