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usrn | 3 years ago
1) Not self sufficient, they have to import food from the US
2) Burning nearly a million more cubic feet of coal per capita than the US does (and they have way more people, so that means they're really burning far far more coal)
Honestly I'm not sure how you thought that made any sense.
EDIT: (out of comment quota)
>China also installs more renewables than anyone else
I'm sure that's great for the companies producing those, I'm not convinced that will lead to them burning less coal (although their coming demographic collapse almost certainly will.) Germany was in a pretty similar situation too and the current situation is the consequence.
bilbo0s|3 years ago
China does not have to import food from the US.
In all honesty, China and the US are unique nations in that they don't have to import anything from anyone. It's politically and financially convenient for them to import the things they import, so they do. But they are both perfectly capable of meeting their own needs with domestic production if the issue is pressed. Even where they don't currently manufacture a thing, they're both able to ramp up manufacturing of that thing in a timeframe unthinkable for other nations.
theplumber|3 years ago