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‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It also burns more coal than the rest of the planet combined.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

They use a disproportionately large share of coal compared to other non renewables.

They use less energy per capita than the United States (about 1/3). And they both use close to the same amount proportionally of non renewable to renewables. (88% China, 81% US)

https://www.worldometers.info/energy/

So effectively the hand wringing about their current power consumption while they are making strides toward renewables is not productive.