{"id":594237,"date":"2023-09-22T14:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=594237"},"modified":"2023-09-22T14:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:06:03","slug":"china-says-fossil-fuel-phase-out-is-unrealistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=594237","title":{"rendered":"China Says Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Is Unrealistic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Phasing out fossil fuels is unrealistic as oil, natural gas, and coal will continue to play a crucial role in global energy supply and energy security, China\u2019s special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said this week in a speech obtained by Reuters.<\/h4>\n<p>China is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Coal\/China-Leans-On-Coal-As-Hydropower-Slumps.html\">relying on coal<\/a>\u00a0to avoid blackouts as the economy reopened after the Covid lockdowns. During the first half of this year, coal production, coal imports, and coal-fired electricity generation surged and offset a significant decline in power output at China\u2019s massive hydropower capacity due to insufficient rainfall and drought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/china-says-fossil-fuel-phase-out-unrealistic\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/china-says-fossil-fuel-phase-out-unrealistic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hmmm&#8230;&#8230;another nail in the BRICS vs Western world shift???<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phasing out fossil fuels is unrealistic as oil, natural gas, and coal will continue to play a crucial role in global energy supply and energy security, China\u2019s special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said this week in a speech obtained by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=594237\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594238,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594237\/revisions\/594238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}