{"id":183309,"date":"2022-01-17T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=183309"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:32:11","slug":"china-coal-output-hits-new-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=183309","title":{"rendered":"China Coal Output Hits New Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"437\" data-attachment-id=\"183312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=183312\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?fit=1013%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1013,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0image_thumb-93\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?fit=723%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?resize=723%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183312\" title=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?w=1013&amp;ssl=1 1013w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?resize=768%2C464&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?resize=816%2C493&amp;ssl=1 816w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-93.png?resize=132%2C80&amp;ssl=1 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Reuters) \u2013 China\u2019s coal output hit record highs in December and in the full year of 2021, as the government continued to encourage miners to ramp up production to ensure sufficient energy supplies in the winter heating season.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>China, the world\u2019s biggest coal miner and consumer, produced 384.67 million tonnes of the fossil fuel last month, up 7.2% year-on-year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. This compared with a previous record of 370.84 million tonnes set in November.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-nov-coal-output-strikes-new-high-ensure-winter-supply-2021-12-15\/\"><em>&nbsp;read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For the full year of 2021, output touched a record 4.07 billion tonnes, up 4.7% on the previous year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-coal-output-hits-record-dec-2021-stats-bureau-2022-01-17\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-coal-output-hits-record-dec-2021-stats-bureau-2022-01-17\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Significantly, output is 5.8% up on the pre-pandemic year of 2019, and maintains the steadily increasing trend which began in 2016:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"433\" data-attachment-id=\"183313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=183313\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-94.png?fit=713%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"713,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0image_thumb-94\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-94.png?fit=713%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-94.png?resize=713%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183313\" title=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-94.png?w=713&amp;ssl=1 713w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-94.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-94.png?resize=132%2C80&amp;ssl=1 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>BP Energy Review<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via<strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JANUARY 17, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-not-a-lot-of-people-know-that wp-block-embed-not-a-lot-of-people-know-that\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2022\/01\/17\/china-coal-output-hits-new-record\/\">China Coal Output Hits New&nbsp;Record<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paul Homewood SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Reuters) \u2013 China\u2019s coal output hit record highs in December and in the full year of 2021, as the government continued to encourage miners to ramp up production to ensure sufficient energy supplies in the winter heating season. China, the world\u2019s biggest coal miner and consumer, produced 384.67 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-LGB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":211495,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=211495","url_meta":{"origin":183309,"position":0},"title":"Might be more coal burned in 2022 than any other time in human existence","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Coal use likely to set new 8 billion ton record this year (and next year too) How\u2019s that transition going then? 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