China burning more coal, though less as a percentage

Even if coal burning falls by whatever percent, the total amount of coal burning is likely to rise as overall energy demand will increase. “Though the share of coal in the country’s total energy mix fell to 59% last year from 68.5% in 2012, overall consumption in 2018 rose 3% from a year earlier to 3.82 billion tonnes, official data showed.”

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