Have you noticed that just about everything you’ve been told about energy and climate change policy is one big fat LIE after another? We’ve exposed many of these falsehoods on these pages over the past five years.

No, there isn’t a green energy transition. No, wind and solar are not cost competitive or scalable (just ask Germany). No, China isn’t trending toward green energy.

And here’s the latest: no, coal is NOT dead.  It’s back on the rebound.

Let’s start with the reality of China.  In 2024, China added more than 500 TWh of coal fired power generation, equivalent to half of Japan’s entire grid.

More than half of China’s power generation comes from coal. China has more coal fired power generation than any nation on earth.  China constitutes more than half of global coal consumption. Does this sound like a country that is going green or that cares about climate change?

Then there is this headline admission from the Guardian last week about worldwide coal consumption reaching a new all-time high in 2024:

Does that sound like a phase-out? And how can there be a renewable surge when utilities are turning against it in favor of coal?

Coal use keeps rising because it’s a cheap, reliable source of power. The enviros’ policies have inadvertently raised emissions of carbon dioxide, by declaring war on clean-burning natural gas and nuclear plants, thus steering nations into more coal usage.

The stupidity of these “scientists” is mind-boggling.