Subject: China consumes roughly six times the amount of coal as the United States does Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:08 pm
Our ruling Justice said that China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States." The actual number is a little bit less than that — China consumes roughly six times the amount of coal as the United States does. But that’s pretty close. We rate the statement Mostly True.