China’s purchases of US liquefied natural gas plunged to zero in March after a sharp decline in the previous two months, as the trade war between the two biggest economies alters shipping routes.
The geopolitical conflict is once again decoupling the world’s largest LNG buyer and seller. An escalation in mutual tariffs has led China to impose a 125% tariff on all US goods, turning to Indonesia and Qatar for supplies.
looks dubious
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked?country=USA~CHN
The US’s largest source of energy is natural gas, of which it is the largest producer in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_production
The US also — though it’s been closing down production — has the largest known coal reserves in the world.
China’s largest source of energy is coal, of which it is the largest producer in the world. China does not use much natural gas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coal_production
I doubt that either is going to abruptly blow up over this.
IIRC there’s only like 54 years of natural gas supply at current consumption rate with all known deposits tapped. So the less use the better. Coal is supposed to be in the 300-400 year range.