Europe has cut gas consumption by roughly 15%–20% compared with 2021. Industry has [also] reduced gas use …
Contrary to that, gas production in the U.S. has increased, despite domestic demand for gas has declined in 2026.
In China, however, the government plans to increase both oil and gas supply according to the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan for Oil and Natural Gas Development, setting new 2030 targets:
China’s domestic oil and gas supply is expected to reach 440 Mtoe by 2030, up from 420 Mtoe in 2025 (+5%).
China plans to add 20,000 km of long-distance oil and gas pipelines, increasing the national trunk pipeline network to 220,000 km by the end of the decade.
Onshore natural gas import capacity is set to increase to 114 bcm/year, alongside the construction of strategic projects, including the Hainan-Guangdong gas pipeline and the Lianyungang-Yizheng crude oil pipeline.
LNG import capacity is targeted to reach 200 Mt/year by 2030, while natural gas storage capacity should exceed 13% of annual domestic gas consumption.
it is noteworthy that China - already the largest producer and consumer of coal - is planning to further increase its coal burning, expecting to reach the peak in 2030.
So, Europe seems on a relatively good path among the larger economies, although we are not set to reach the Paris goal that way.
Let me introduce you to the current German minister for economy and energy:
Katharina Reiche, nickname “Gas-Kathy”.
She is set on building more gas power plants and generally increasing the use of fossile fuels again, while at the same time making life harder for the renewable producers.
Current German government sometimes feels a bit like the cheap copy of the US…
Current German government sometimes feels a bit like the cheap copy of the US…
Maybe, but it’s more a cheap copy of China, as fossil fuel (and particularly coal) plays a much larger role than in Germany or the rest of the EU. China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world, and the country plans to increase its coal energy in the next 5 years.
Doesn’t Germany still use coal though, and gas is actually better than coal. We made that change over a decade ago in the UK and are now reducing gas usage with wind and solar.
tardigrade/sepia/hotznplotzn not making everything about China challenge - impossible
over a century USA and Europe+Japan had emitted 15 and 10 tonnes respectively, of CO2 per capita more than China. The cumulative sum the west has emitted more is staggering. And now that China produces 80% of everything for the world you highlight that China still produces less than the USA per capita.
Nah, as the article says:
Contrary to that, gas production in the U.S. has increased, despite domestic demand for gas has declined in 2026.
In China, however, the government plans to increase both oil and gas supply according to the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan for Oil and Natural Gas Development, setting new 2030 targets:
it is noteworthy that China - already the largest producer and consumer of coal - is planning to further increase its coal burning, expecting to reach the peak in 2030.
So, Europe seems on a relatively good path among the larger economies, although we are not set to reach the Paris goal that way.
Let me introduce you to the current German minister for economy and energy:
Katharina Reiche, nickname “Gas-Kathy”.
She is set on building more gas power plants and generally increasing the use of fossile fuels again, while at the same time making life harder for the renewable producers.
Current German government sometimes feels a bit like the cheap copy of the US…
Maybe, but it’s more a cheap copy of China, as fossil fuel (and particularly coal) plays a much larger role than in Germany or the rest of the EU. China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world, and the country plans to increase its coal energy in the next 5 years.
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Doesn’t Germany still use coal though, and gas is actually better than coal. We made that change over a decade ago in the UK and are now reducing gas usage with wind and solar.
tardigrade/sepia/hotznplotzn not making everything about China challenge - impossible
over a century USA and Europe+Japan had emitted 15 and 10 tonnes respectively, of CO2 per capita more than China. The cumulative sum the west has emitted more is staggering. And now that China produces 80% of everything for the world you highlight that China still produces less than the USA per capita.