Canadians sacrifice while China burns - coal, that is.

Vincent J. Curtis

6 Feb 21

As reported by Breitbart News, the U.S. based Global Energy Monitor and Helsinki based Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air found that in 2020 China built 28.8 gigawatts of coal-fired electrical generating capacity.  A further 36.4 gigawatts of capacity was approved for construction in 2021.  China presently has 88.1 gigawatts of capacity under construction, and a grand total of coal-fired generating capacity under development of 247 gigawatts.

By comparison, Ontario boasts 40.6 gigawatts of total generating capacity from all sources, and only four percent of that total comes from sources that create CO2.

The point here is the scale, and the scale of growth.  Every year, new Chinese coal-fired electrical generating capacity approximates Ontario’s total capacity, and their new planned capacity when finished will be more than six times Ontario’s total capacity.

It raises the question of why Canada is making such sacrifices to reduce her own puny contributions to world CO2 emissions?  Canadian sacrifices will be more than replaced every year by additional CO2 emissions from China!

Sure, Canadian politicians can put on moralistic airs and vainly strut about the world boasting how good they are at making Canadians sacrifice for the good of the planet, but what is the use?  Ask Justin Trudeau about Chinese construction and he’ll answer moralistically that good Canadians need to sacrifice for the good of the planet.

These sacrifices are all in vain!

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