Chinese top official dismisses coal-to-liquids as irresponsible and inefficient

China is massively investing in coal infrastructures to meet its insatiable demand for energy. Eighty per cent of the country’s electricity already comes from coal, and there are plans for 544 new coal-fired power stations. This makes China the future nightmare of all governments who take dangerous climate change serious. In an even worse development, the rising giant has also been investing in coal-to-liquids (CTL) facilities, aimed at producing synthetic diesel to be used for transport. South-Africa’s Sasol, a pioneer in coal-to-liquids technolgy, has partnered with Chinese companies on a CTL project, as has Shell.

…For the first time, a Chinese top official is now publicly dismissing these CTL investments as irresponsible and inefficient.

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