Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoReading the article helps to see that they are going full renewable.
Even if AI demand in China grows so quickly renewable projects can’t keep pace, Fishman said, the country can tap idle coal plants to bridge the gap while building more sustainable sources.
wewbull@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
China is far from full renewable.
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moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Did I say “are full renewable”? No. I wrote something else with a different meaning.
wewbull@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
You said it was their trajectory. It’s not. Renewables are a part of their plan, sure, but that coal graph isn’t turning around.
AA5B@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Add data from this year.
From several sources, they passed peak carbon last year, and expect coal to peak this year or next and start declining.
Also consider during the time in those charts they went from a developing country to mostly developed with much higher standard of living. They achieved a century of economic progress in a couple decades while simultaneously rolling out renewable energy faster than anyone else
skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Your own graph shows the ratio of renewables to coal hugely shooting up in the last 4 years.