As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.
SOLAR!!! YASS SOLARRRR!!! MORREEE!!
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 days ago
We’ve been eclipsed in so many other ways - and now we will here too. We’ll still eventually get to full green, that just makes that process slower, but in the meantime we’re just letting others pass us by.
I wonder what they’ll do with all that money they aren’t spending on fossil fuels.
SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
From my understanding they are still spending money on fossil fuels like coal to some extent but they’re clearly in the process of transitioning towards green energy and you’re right that they’re surpassing us there, by far.
This Green Energy community is on a Solarpunk instance powered by solar power and a lot of Solarpunk fiction finds hope in dark times by imagining ways people respond to climate catastrophes with resilience, solidarity and community when our governments fail to provide solutions. The DIY and hopeful aspects of Solarpunk, whether real or fiction, seem especially prescient towards our current situation though that’s not denying what you just pointed out.