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China is a special case because it has to import all its oil which makes it a huge strategic weakness. Wind and Solar is still a tiny part of its electricity pr
by rr808 3y ago
China is a special case because it has to import all its oil which makes it a huge strategic weakness. Wind and Solar is still a tiny part of its electricity production. You can't rely on either for cold dark winters. Its emissions are already higher than Europeans per capita and still growing.
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...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_China#/media/File:Per_Capita_CO2_by_Region.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Ch...
- matthewdgreen 3y agoThe thing about exponential deployment curves is that, at a certain point, posting charts that end 1 to 2 years in the past is like posting charts that end in 2000. Things are moving extremely rapidly now. https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/13/chinas-carbon-emissions-set-for-structural-decline-from-next-year https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/13/chinas-carb...
- rtpg 3y agoaccording to the wiki numbers, wind + solar make up 17% (with hydro being another 17%). Nothing to sneeze at! Though coal is extremely present.