Of all the dumb things liberals say, one of the dumbest is the claim that China is getting ahead of us on “green” energy. Look at all the solar panels and wind turbines China is manufacturing, liberals say. Sure: they make them and sell them to suckers in the West. When it comes to fueling their own industry, China relies on coal. Now, more than ever:
Overall, China brought 78 gigawatts of new coal power capacity online in 2025, a sharp uptick from previous years, according to the joint report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor.
The graph below represents how many gigawatts were added, but only in the largest turbines size. China added 52 gigawatts of energy from one gigawatt units. Presumably the rest of the 78GW came from smaller sized turbines. And here’s the thing, while everyone will pretend this is the peak and tell us “it will decline soon”, another 83 gigawatts of coal plants has already started construction, and another 161GW is newly proposed or applied for.
For comparison, there currently are around 180 gigawatts of coal-fired electric power in the U.S.–around twice what China built in 2025 alone, and just slightly more than the Chinese now have on the drawing board. At this point, the U.S. is more or less irrelevant as a source of CO2 emissions.
Then, too, there is this:
These coal plants are apparently only being used at 50% capacity, but the thing is, if China ever needs to ramp up its energy supply, like say, in a time of war, it could double it in days.
Well, we could too. We would just need to turn up those solar panels and wind turbines.
