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There’s no reason why China should be leading the U.S. in transitioning to green, it just shows that it can be done. Lots of European countries did it too.
by Synaesthesia 3y ago
There’s no reason why China should be leading the U.S. in transitioning to green, it just shows that it can be done. Lots of European countries did it too.
- toast0 3y agoChina is still rapidly expanding generation capacity. [1] The US has had relatively stable capacity for the last 15 years [2]. China is growing generation of all types; if it's transitioning to green, that's because it's growing green production more than others, but it's still building new coal. On the other hand, the US's transition is a more real transition: coal is being replaced by a mix of natural gas, wind and solar. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#/media/File:China-electricity-prod-source-stacked.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China#/m... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_United_States#/media/File:USA_electricity_production.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_Unit...