China is trying to become oil-independent by all means necessary. All their means of accessing oil go through geographic bottlenecks that could be weaponized against them in the event of military conflict. Coal, fissile materials, and sunlight are the alternatives they have access to, so they're going for all of those.

With some luck, the net effect will be fewer greenhouse gases than keeping themselves oil-dependent, though that isn't necessarily the, or even a, goal. If it happens, it'll be as a side effect.

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sippingabonedry 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Are you saying China is doing whatever it needs to do to satisfy its power needs, hands forced by geopolitics, and not pure altruism? Say it isn't so.

	▲	alexgieg 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In a saner world, they wouldn't need to be wary of a catastrophic oil shortage due to another power deciding to cut off their access to oil. A saner world is achieved when all countries agree to an international system of rules and conflict resolution and abide by agreements, so things are predictable in the long term. The less predictable things become, the faster everyone ramps up potential solutions to bad potential scenarios. Some are trying to bring that sanity back. Others are trying to increase the chaos as much as they possibly can, and preferably more.

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121789 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

is this supposed to refute the parent comment's point?

	▲	alexgieg 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Complement.