China August coal imports of 44.3M tons hit record (www.zawya.com)

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Demand for thermal coal used by the power sector was supported by low rainfall in the south of China, which saw output from hydropower facilities in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan slide.

Coal use leads to droughts, which reduces Hydro performance, which leads to greater coal use...

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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 11 points 1 year ago

Shouldn't we have rules or sanctions on coal export to prevent the destruction of the only planet we have? Or are we ok with it as long as someone can make a profit selling it?

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Coal is a very large export of Australia, as its very reliant on imports of a lot of goods to sustain itself. It's a game of figuring out a way to get Austalia out of that hole if you want to stop coal from being mined.

[-] morry040@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Australia's coal exports to China were non-existent from 2020 - Jan 2023 due to an import ban. Most of AU coal now goes to Japan.
China now imports most of its coal from Indonesia and Russia.

https://www.ga.gov.au/digital-publication/aecr2023/coal
https://www.energymonitor.ai/industry/weekly-data-china-coal-imports-hit-a-high-but-not-from-australia/?cf-view

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yep.

[-] zoe@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

recession beats pollution: if we all stopped consuming stuff, the world would be better off. lesser gdp is better gdp

[-] Armen12@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

China has been getting away with more than Russia has, China should 100% be sanctioned at this point for numerous crimes least of which includes slavery in African countries

[-] zoe@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

vote with ur wallet, dont buy chinese. also what u gonna do? buy american goods made in shale gas (water intensive extracted) powered plants ? or european goods made by russian gas powered plants ? all are the same. or: stop buying stuff and go back to monke (live in a forest)

[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

It's a strategic boon that China can't meet its own energy needs and has to import so much coal. We wouldn't stop them from doing so. Bad for the planet, good for us geopolitically.