China is in no way energy independent. Their fossil fuel imports are extremely high and not decreasing.

China's gasoline use is down substantially. Industrial use is up, but much of that is re exported via plastic etc.

	▲	nradov 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Right, that's exactly the point. Regardless of the consequences, worldwide fossil fuel consumption will continue increasing. Those stable organic molecules with energy rich chemical bonds are so damn useful for everything that enables modern industrial civilization and there is no substitute.