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by Sankozi 1184 days ago
Where do you get all that misleading information?

> So.. its switching from petrol to coal?

Switching from burning fossil fuels in tiny inefficient engine to burning them in modern power plant is already a very positive change.

> Unless they really ramp up nuclear and solar. Which they did not so far..

Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China

> And dont forget, the first 100.000 kilometers of energy are already spent driving of the lot, building a new car. So fading away old cars as slow as possible is the most energy efficient strategy?

No it is not a good strategy. It is better to replace oldest cars first, because they are usually least efficient, but even if you replace new ICE car, that car does not disappear - it will probably be sold and replace old, less efficient ICE car.