China launches test runs for world’s largest plant that can convert coal to ethanol

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• Szymon@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  China is able to pivot quickly on projects of enormous scale in part due to its political structure. I doubt many western countries would pivot so quickly and drastically for national interests in whatever you call this version of capitalism.

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  • forwardvoid@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not efficiency that makes people prefer democracy.

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  • Filthmontane@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s just plain old capitalism.

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    • khannie@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      With a sprinkle of dictator.

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  • parpol@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    China can CLAIM to pivot quickly on projects, but it is always for show, and most of the funding ends up in pockets of corrupt officials.

    The projects end up abandoned and swept under the rug, or end up in failure but reported as successful only to mysteriously never be heard about again.

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    • victoitor@lemmy.eco.br ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Source?

      It’s funny how this image built of China to discredit anything they do leads a whole bunch of people online to just completely make stuff up on the spot against any positive news. When it comes to the point that a whole bunch of people are just making stuff up on the spot, we know how efficient the propaganda has been.

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Project 2025 -esque

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• CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What a waste of time,money, and resources

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  • Oderus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    China has ghost cities with empty apartment buildings. They have tons of resources to waste.

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• datelmd5sum@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What’s the point? For the drink?

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d guess for ethanol based fuels?

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  • lovesickoyster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the point is leaving more food on the table that would otherwise be used for ethanol production.

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• trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Too bad the SCMP conveniently doesn’t link any research materials or evidence of this ‘vital’ energy production plan.

  My bet is another bullshit project led by scammers. Just like that enormously retarded energy storage plan

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