Comment on Last year China generated almost 3 times as much solar power as the EU did, and it's close to overtaking all OECD countries put together (whose combined population is 1.38 billion people)

lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not about regulation. China has almost the complete photovoltaic production of the world. Essentially all panels installed in the rest of the world are also Chinese. It’s about a smart government knowing which technologies to pursue, instead of things like the Spanish “sun tax” of the 2010s that killed whatever solar industry there might have been in the sunniest country in Europe.

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  • lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    oh yeah, that too.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s about energy independence. The CCP doesn’t give a fuck about the environment, but not having to bring in energy from out of country is high on any governments priority list.

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    • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s why China is working hard on the greatest desert reforestation projects in the world, and why it exports an insane amount of solar panels instead of keeping them for themselves.

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      • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        it exports an insane amount of solar panels instead of keeping them for themselves

        How altruistic of them.

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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The dictatorship is fast is a lure, it’s actually not useful, as they run in the direction of the dictator but usually doesn’t adjust or stop in time. Sometimes you see something good coming out if it, but you shouldn’t forget all the bad things they do too.

  That said, I hope we’ll have enough solar for everyone in a decade or so!

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