自上世纪80年代末以来全球煤炭增长几乎全来自中国

Outside China, the world’s use of coal has barely changed since the late 1980s. It was just over 20,000 terawatt-hours back then, and almost four decades later, it is still the same.But the change has been very different in China. The country has increased the use of coal enormously, and today, China is burning more coal than the rest of the world combined.The future of global coal use, and the emissions that come with it, depends heavily on what happens in China.How much deadlier and dirtier is coal than the alternatives? Find out in our article on the safest and cleanest sources of energy →