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1. GDP is also calculated per year. So, the not some one-time fee argument doesn't make any sense. 2. Solar is not a solutio for baseload without grid level st

• RetroTechie 3y ago
  > 3. China continues to build loads of coal power plants too. This is brought up often. But you know what? If China replaces its car park with EVs, heats its buildings with heat pumps etc, then even coal powered that's a massive win. But in the meantime, renewables (and to a lesser degree, nuclear) continue to chip away at the fossil part of their energy mix. Or at the very least, replace what would have been more fossil use otherwise.
• _aavaa_ 3y ago
  2. Grid level storage has many forms, it does not need to be batteries. For example, hydro can be used as medium term storage. And even short term the rate at which water is passed through the damns can be varied to balance out the solar. 3. Yes, but if you look at their production mix, coal has come down from 75% to 60% over the past 10 years, the large majority of that has been taken up by renewables [0]. [0]: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?country=~CHN https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?coun...