Xu Tang

TL;DR: This article reviewed the connection between these two issues and concluded that limits to availability of fossil fuels will set a limit for mankind's ability to affect the climate, however, this limit is unclear as various studies have reached quite different conclusions regarding future atmospheric CO2 concentrations caused by fossil fuel limitations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the logarithmic mean divisia index (LMDI) method to analyze the key factors that drive China's direct coal consumption variation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors take a supply-side view of CO 2 emission, and generate two supply-driven emission scenarios based on a comprehensive investigation of likely long-term pathways of fossil fuel production drawn from peer-reviewed literature published since 2000.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the four types of China's unconventional oil resources comprehensively: heavy and extraheavy oil, oil sands, broad tight oil and kerogen oil, and quantitatively projected the long-term production of unconventional oil under two resource scenarios (TRR scenario and Proved Reserve þ cumulative production scenario).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the challenges that China faces in the implementation of such clean coal technologies, where the analysis showed that those drivers that have a negative bearing on the utilization of clean coal in China are mainly non-technical factors such as the low legal liability of atmospheric pollution related to coal use, and the lack of laws and mandatory regulations for clean coal use in China.