If we start doing this, quite apart from the CO2 emissions of such conversions, we just
hit peak coal a bit later.
China will
hit peak coal in 2030 and there just isn't a feasible way to keep increasing CO2 emissions to the level needed to maintain a 2 PPM annual CO2 increase.
Beijing has already warned the country may soon
hit peak coal production, forcing greater reliance on ever - more costly imports.
China has already
hit peak coal, but the fossil fuel does still account for 65 % of the country's power generated by source.
The idea of China
hitting peak coal around this time may come as a shock to some of us, but others have anticipated something similar occurring on a global level around this time.
Not exact matches
The domestic
coal portion will struggle to ever reach the
peak levels it
hit in the past decade.