USA - Remember the Beatles song, “Day Tripper”? You know, the 1965 tune, forever in rotation somewhere, that includes the lyric, “It took me so-o-o long, to find out. And I found out.” Well, that’s the way I feel about green energy. I found out. Call me slow if you wish, but I can explain. You see, I was always puzzled as to why the greens — starting from the top with Joe Biden and his must-hire from the donor class, climate envoy John Kerry — have been so adamant about “de-carbonizing” the US and yet have been so uninterested when the rest of the world keeps “carbonizing.” If someone wants to use a gas stove in the US, the greens are noisy in opposition, and yet when China builds a slew of new coal plants, they are silent. And, as some say, silence means consent.
According to a new study from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, China permitted 50 gigawatts of coal-fired electricity in 2022, up 50 percent from the year before. (A gigawatt is a billion watts, enough to power a few hundred thousand homes, depending on the weather.) And Semafor adds “all signs indicate that the surge will continue this year,” such that China will be building new coal plants, every two years, equivalent to existing US capacity.
The Chinese communists say they’re going to deal with climate change, on their own timetable. In 2021, maximum leader Xi Jinping said to the United Nations, “China will strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030.” Got that? He said they “will strive.” As in, "we’ll keep building more coal plants like crazy till 2030, and then we’ll 'strive' to stop. You trust us, right? Now, no more questions”.