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China is simultaneously the world's largest user of coal, solar and wind power, all at the same time. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-track-hit-n

• melling 3y ago
  We need to quit telling ourselves stories, do the math, and find a workable solution that addresses the problem before we reach “too late” At this point we need to address several problems at once. There’s no one solution and we need to be relatively quick. Also, Coal is still the low hanging fruit because it produces 20% of emissions. It needs to go to zero as soon as possible. https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/its-critical-tackle-coal-emissions https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/its-critical-tackle-coal-... Maybe gone by 2040?
  • _hypx 3y ago
    It's already "too late" for any such solution. We are already at the point where geoengineering is necessary. But of course, environmentalists oppose that too.