[tl1293]

The BBC misrepresents "the Chinese lesson". China does build up renewables, but it does so while still supporting its heavy industry with cheap Russian gas.

It does not help at all to put aluminum smelters on Qatari ground, claim zero emissions, and then watch those being bombed together with the LNG facilities.

It also does not help if Russia is the last country on earth that still has natural gas and can dictate fertilizer production. The journalists are all about short term thinking, mindless green agenda religion and no economic knowledge.

[leonidasrup]

The BBC probably copied "the China lesson" from many renewables publications which present China as a beacon in deployment of renewables.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/15/when-fossil-fuel-suppli...

https://www.lombardodier.com/insights/2025/november/from-coa...

Which is only half-true. China builds renewables not as replacement for fossil fuels but as an addition to fossil fuels.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/02/yes-china-has...

The exit from fossil fuel is planed in far future. China plans to reach peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060.

https://english.news.cn/20251108/c47cb3e85468475f84182f8a7c7...

The priorities in Chinas energy policy are: 1. Availability of energy 2. Security of supply 3. Cost 4. Everything else

Chinese EV cars in are cars running not on oil but running mostly on domestic coal and hydro-power.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-s...