Well, Doc, if you reduce what I say about China and the pollution of our planet to "finger pointing", then that puts a strain on frank talk, agree?
What China might do is certainly welcome, and, at the levels I described earlier that are so much higher than ours, necessary. They are not stupid, and certainly are reaping the rewards of their careless advancements.
Halting construction is good, because that will prevent them from achieving the expected 7 billion tons/year they were forecasted to achieve before they stop. So, if they move back from 4.5 billion tons/year to 4.0 billion tons per year, hooray! (huzzah?)
It is still 4+ times our coal consumption! They surpassed us in 1982.
They surpassed us in gas cars in 2016, and, as their prosperity reaches into their poverty, expect that to double and more.
And, btw, the list is expanding of other countries increasing their coal consumption! They just want us to pay for it or them in Paris. No thanks!
And, we're not "inaction", are we?