Comment on China renewables capacity additions soared in 2023, growing more than four times faster than the G7

• surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wrong. More renewables is exactly what’s going to help.

  They also have the most successful fusion reactor so far. Very good chance they’ll get there before the rest of us.

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  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Moving away from coal would mean China is shutting down coal power plants. Instead they are building even more of them. They started construction on 94.5GW. The USA has 196.2GW of coal power plants total. You do not build them, if you do not plan to use them. So China is going to burn more coal in the coming years increasing their emissions.

    reuters.com/…/chinas-2024-coal-power-construction…

    statista.com/…/installed-capacity-of-coal-power-p…

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What do you suggest? Deindustrialization?

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      • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Stop burning more fossil fuels as quickly as possible. The most important start is to stop adding more fossil fuel infrastructure like coal power plants.

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  • B312@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did you read what I said? Renewables increasing isn’t going to help when their fossil fuel usage is increasing more than renewables. The fusion reactor is a good thing, but their coal usage shouldn’t be ignored.

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I read it. You’re wrong. Increased renewables production is the only thing that will help. And their renewables increase is far outpacing their increased demand for energy.

      Are other countries expected to de-industrialize for climate change, or just China?

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      • B312@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I never said deindustrialise or anything. Any country increasing their fossil fuel production isn’t good, but it is well known that China is the one with the highest amount. I don’t see how increasing renewables will somehow decrease the amount of greenhouse gases when both are increasing.

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    a space-based solar collection array

    I’d like a source on that, not because I don’t believe you, but because that genuinely sounds like a cool and interesting thing to read about

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      sustainabilitymag.com/…/chinas-1km-solar-array-th…

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks!

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