On the bright side almost all of China's coal plants are ultra-supercritical, they emit way less and way more efficient than all coal plants in US, a comparison of modern coal plants to the ones used by the US built 40 years ago which are mostly sub-critical(which is the majority in US) is not a fair comparison.
dystropy t1_j0ra2zv wrote
Reply to The IEA says humanity used the greatest amount of coal in 2022 in all of human history, and that this level of consumption will continue until at least 2025. One-third of all global coal goes to generate electricity in China, and India's coal use is growing at 6% per annum. by lughnasadh
On the bright side almost all of China's coal plants are ultra-supercritical, they emit way less and way more efficient than all coal plants in US, a comparison of modern coal plants to the ones used by the US built 40 years ago which are mostly sub-critical(which is the majority in US) is not a fair comparison.