▲ 896 ▼ Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming (www.sciencedaily.com) submitted 4 weeks ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world 369 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) Fossil fuel consumption hasn’t actually gone down. Hasn't it? We've cut shipped supplies by around 20% and prices have jumped into the $100/bbl range. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (1 child) And one main reason the prices aren't worse and the fuel hasn't run dry is that China massively ramped up its use of coal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago They haven't. Coal consumption has seen a marginal increase. But ask the Australians about the coal market right now. Chinese coal consumption fell far short of Australian coal mining expectations. That country is spiraling into recession as a result. The bulk of new energy investment in China has been in solar. And they've been building out a grid to match permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (1 child) And one main reason the prices aren't worse and the fuel hasn't run dry is that China massively ramped up its use of coal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago They haven't. Coal consumption has seen a marginal increase. But ask the Australians about the coal market right now. Chinese coal consumption fell far short of Australian coal mining expectations. That country is spiraling into recession as a result. The bulk of new energy investment in China has been in solar. And they've been building out a grid to match permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago They haven't. Coal consumption has seen a marginal increase. But ask the Australians about the coal market right now. Chinese coal consumption fell far short of Australian coal mining expectations. That country is spiraling into recession as a result. The bulk of new energy investment in China has been in solar. And they've been building out a grid to match permalink fedilink source parent