As the sibling comment mentions, China already is the #1 renewable energy producer by wattage, and even by % they beat a lot of the west, including countries li

As the sibling comment mentions, China already is the #1 renewable energy producer by wattage, and even by % they beat a lot of the west, including countries like France and the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable... The reason China is seen as a big outlier offender in terms of energy production is that remainder of fossil fuel power is pretty much entirely coal.