China’s Electricity Problem

For 70% off with HelloFresh plus FREE shipping, use code Wendover60 at Watch Jet Lag: The Game at http://youtube.com/jetlagthegame Buy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirt Subscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinteresting Youtube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductions Writing by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation led by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster References [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?most_recent_value_desc=true [2] https://www.iea.org/countries/united-states; https://www.iea.org/regions/europe; https://www.iea.org/countries/china [3] https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-does-chinas-coal-push-mean-for-its-climate-goals/ [4] https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2377740018500112 [5] https://unfccc.int/news/china-meets-2020-carbon-target-three-years-ahead-of-schedule [6] https://a9w7k6q9.stackpathcdn.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OEF-131.pdf [7] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-06/china-s-renewable-energy-fleet-is-growing-too-fast-for-its-grid-l425v47z [8] https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/untangling-the-crossed-wires-of-chinas-super-grid/?amp