China hit peak coal already.
Comment on China hits 1 TW solar milestone
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
Still building new coal plants at an increasing rate. Still increasing co2 emissions year on year. Still not commiting to reduced emissions. Nice green washing though.
Thats just co2 emissions, their other environmental damage stats are as bad if not worse.
beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
I don’t know where you heard that but its wrong.
beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Lmgtfy
hark@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Being the country with the most solar power generation by far is not “green washing”. For being the world’s factory, they’re doing quite well and it’s obvious from trajectory that they’re going to be among the greenest countries overall, including those countries that have externalized their pollution to China by using them as their factory.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 10 hours ago
Why do they get to continue to pollute while everyone else has to ramp down?
Carbon reduction goals only work when everyone is working towards them. Otherwise we are just making our manufacturing more expensive while China out competes us with their 0 environmental regulations
cynar@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Could china be doing more? Yes. Are they doing considerably better than everyone else? Also yes.
Currently china is leading the charge on renewable energy. They are installing more than any developed country, by most measures. They are also flooding the market with solar panels etc. The mass solar adoption happening worldwide is powered by China.
It’s also worth noting they are leading the way in fusion research. I believe they have started/about to start construction of the first viable fusion reactor.
China has a lot of problems, but complaining they should be doing even more on renewables is hypocritical from almost all other countries.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 hours ago
Dam the bar is so low that increasing emissions puts and installing a few solar panels puts you above people who installed renewables and reduced emissions. Its wild how low your standards are for the largest polluter.
Maybe other countries should stop reducing emissions and go back to growing their economy and install some solar panels.