Imagine a world where people don't care about labeling new things as "regressive" or "anti-environmental"
Don't look at where the ball is, look at where the ball is going.
And the USA burns more natural gas than China, and the USA burns more oil than China.
All this simply reflects both using the fossil fuels they have the most abundant, reliable, and cheap supply of when they need to burn fossil fuels.
Which is expected when both Europe and the US outsourced most manufacturing to China. It's actually surprising China is so low given they're literally the factory of the world