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Electricity pylons and chimneys at the Tata Power Co. Trombay Thermal Power Station in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images

Seems India's also dealing with a coal shortage as well. Question, do you really think anything of significance will be done regarding global warming when two of the most populous countries in the world are dealing with an energy crisis. Not a chance as economies, as they presently are, are not sustainable as solar does not have the energy density of coal and the infrastructure's not in place to produce enough solar driven tech to give nations like China and India the power they need today to keep their economies going. From this writer's perspective, the oft repeated phrase, "you gotta have a really big catastrophe to force change as man does not like change in any way shape or fashion." applies. 

China is not the only Asian giant grappling with an energy crunch — India is also teetering on the edge of a power crisis.

Most of India’s coal-fired power plants have critically low levels of coal inventory at a time when the economy is picking up and fueling electricity demand.

Coal accounts for around 70% of India’s electricity generation.

A potential power crisis would likely have an immediate impact on India’s nascent economic whi is being led by industrial activity instead of services, according to Kunal Kundu, India economist at Societe Generale.

Government data showed that as of Oct. 6, 80% of India’s 135 coal-powered plants had less than 8 days of supplies left — more than half of those had stocks worth two days or fewer.

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