China ‘the coal monster’ fuel dominated energy use overwhelms Obama’s EPA CO2 reduction schemes.

China ‘the coal monster’ fuel dominated energy use overwhelms Obama’s EPA CO2 reduction schemes.HT: WUWT.

Obama’s ideological war on coal unnecessary, is wasteful, costly, inept, and pure political theater.

Guest essay by Larry Hamlin.

China’s energy consumption is climbing so rapidly that it’s energy use, which already exceeds ours, will be double U.S. levels by 2040 as shown from EIA data below. (1)

This increased coal fuel use by China results in its CO2 emissions climbing from 2012 levels of 8,994 million metric tons to 14,029 million metric tons in 2030 (EIA data shown below) which is an increase of 5,014 million metric tons of CO2.

The Obama EPA CO2 reduction proposal  amounts to a maximum reduction of about 500 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030 which is overwhelmed by the China’s increase which is 10 times larger than Obama’s EPA proposed reduction. Read the full story here.