China burning a record amount of coal as well as some other countries.

[Saltwater60]

China’s coal shortage could leave other countries in the dust

Coal stockpiles are low in China and demand is at an all-time high.

www.aljazeera.com

Meanwhile in America we’re trashing our economy and wanting to spend billions to reduce our carbon footprint. Will there be any jobs left?

 

[tirwin1]

Wait a minute - don't they believe in all the global warming forecasts? I was assured none other than the right honorable douche John Kerry himself had the chinese committed to reducing their emissions! Are you telling me that he got played? Impossible!

/sarcasm

 

[96coal449]

Battery manufacturing is also on the rise. Those factories need to use that coal to provide, the conscience green minded folk, their fuel for the electric cars they own.

Save the planet.

 

[meketrefe]

They have to in order to produce those huge batteries that will later be charged with power coming from coal plants.

There is no stopping that unless you either bring nuclear energy asap or stop industrial development all together.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Go figure plan "B".

What China's coal phaseout means for the world

It took just one man — Chinese President Xi Jinping — to sound the death knell for the public funding of coal. But the countries that have most depended on China to keep consuming the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel were preparing for its funeral even before Xi announced last week that China no...

www.eenews.net

 

[Paperpunch]

The mask first became popular as a result of Chinas' massive pollution problem.

 

[Paperpunch]

Parkway trucks in new york?

Only if you have recreational plates. Although there's quite a few contractors who take their work trucks on vacation, lol.