At the exact moment Western economies rush to eliminate coal, China is deliberately scaling output by ~25%, embedding it deeper into power, steel, chemicals, and national resilience.
Another magnum opus, thanks. Whilst much of the gullible west sacrifices itself on the altar of the climate god, China surges to world domination. Only leaders such as Trump are bold enough to thwart China’s clever & cunning strategy.
As a coal geologist, I’m dismayed that too many in the west think we can do without coal. Whilst uranium could replace our reliance on steaming (thermal) coal, there is no significant substitute for coking (metallurgical) coal in eg steel making.
And it worries me that here in Australia, our steelworks have been closed.
Add to that most of our petroleum refineries, manufacturing, onshore oil, gas & coal exploration & exploitation, use of our vast uranium reserves for power generation, & the sterilisation of much of our land in native title & nature reserves, & the result is that China has us precisely where it wants us.
Thanks Joseph ignorance is far from bliss and Canadians are going to find that out first hand if we don't get educated enough to STOP and insist our government system has failed and needs to be replaced with Direct Democracy.
WWIII is already begun - while super powers have yet to go directly kinetic, the threat profile is continuing to escalate. This story helps people understand that the checkerboard has been evolving on this trajectory for the past generation. The recommendations are clear and offer a path to deescalation.
From ancient forests compressed by time to the engines of modern industry, coal still transforms buried sunlight into the backbone of global prosperity.
Another magnum opus, thanks. Whilst much of the gullible west sacrifices itself on the altar of the climate god, China surges to world domination. Only leaders such as Trump are bold enough to thwart China’s clever & cunning strategy.
As a coal geologist, I’m dismayed that too many in the west think we can do without coal. Whilst uranium could replace our reliance on steaming (thermal) coal, there is no significant substitute for coking (metallurgical) coal in eg steel making.
And it worries me that here in Australia, our steelworks have been closed.
Add to that most of our petroleum refineries, manufacturing, onshore oil, gas & coal exploration & exploitation, use of our vast uranium reserves for power generation, & the sterilisation of much of our land in native title & nature reserves, & the result is that China has us precisely where it wants us.
Leadership is either ignoring or denying the writing on the wall. Excellent piece.
Thank you Joseph. Eye opening, and excellent work.
Thanks Joseph ignorance is far from bliss and Canadians are going to find that out first hand if we don't get educated enough to STOP and insist our government system has failed and needs to be replaced with Direct Democracy.
WWIII is already begun - while super powers have yet to go directly kinetic, the threat profile is continuing to escalate. This story helps people understand that the checkerboard has been evolving on this trajectory for the past generation. The recommendations are clear and offer a path to deescalation.
Along the same lines there is this too.
https://davemakichuk.substack.com/p/makichuk-satellite-images-reveal?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1p44sz
You point out western government naivety.
Canada has ordered ferries from China and will soon be receiving Chinese EVs.
Is that naive or deliberate?
Deliberate without a doubt
We really need to dig into the CCPs involvement in pushing the ideologies in the West that have made us shun away coal.
The CCP has indeed been subsidizing organizations like Greenpeace and co. for decades.
Great article. China is quite willing to assist as the West commits economic suicide.
However, you make a basic error in discussing China's coal reserves:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/01/20/but-every-generation-does-indeed-exhaust-its-mineral-reserves/
China is most unlikely to run out of coal any time in the foreseeable future.
From ancient forests compressed by time to the engines of modern industry, coal still transforms buried sunlight into the backbone of global prosperity.
play
https://themacrobutler.substack.com/p/the-macro-butlers-monthly-meditation-a40