Not only the US , Germany is also far behind
Comment on China's green energy boom could spell the end of the fossil fuel age
WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
And thanks to Trump, the US is perfectly placed to be entirely left behind.
Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
don’t worry, you can start shutting down france’s nuclear generators once you run out of your own
pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
They are already shutting it down on their own due to recent heatwaves raising the temps of the water used to cool down their reactors
rainwall@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Just use solar panels to power the ac to cool the water that makes the nuclear. Bonus points for floating solar arrays that cool the panels while shading the cooling water.
Waryle@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Which is an ecological measure, not a technical one, and can be circumvented by existing technologies like cooling towers
Skua@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Germany is worse than average for Europe, but it's far better than America and about on par with China. Per capita emissions are a little lower than China's, but China is a bit better if you look at consumption-based emissions instead
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 3 weeks ago
Oh, but Germans can just buy their electricity from French nuclear plants.
ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Jellyfish; Hold my protozoa…
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t get my hopes up
devolution@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
More behind than an anal orgy.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
This moron doesn’t understand that green energy was a new sector where US could dominate for decades.
A lot of countries are forced to import fossil fuels as they can’t produce their own so replacing that with local alternatives actually increases national security.
Do people think China went into renewable energy because suddenly Xi became a tree hugger?
WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
From what I’ve gleaned of the ravings of the angry stupid right blogosphere, a lot of people actually do think that only tree huggers want green energy.
And I have little doubt that that’s an opinion that Trump shares, but that’s not his main motivation in all of this. His main motivation is big fat bribes from the fossil fuel industry.
kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He’s not in a position to know (much, including) how many investors have put their money on green. A few months to put up a low/no-waste solar windmill farm (he hates how they look) and start profiting … 10 years (at least) to build a high-waste nuke.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s the moment Sears let Amazon take the lead on mail order shopping just because Sears didn’t understand how the internet and shopping could work together.
Wytch@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t understand, also doesn’t care. Coal and oil paid for his loyalty.