I generally dunk on China, but they are moving surprisingly quickly. China which burns half the worlds coal built 219 GW of solar last year which bumped there

I generally dunk on China, but they are moving surprisingly quickly. China which burns half the worlds coal built 219 GW of solar last year which bumped there installed capacity by 55%. For scale in 2020 there was only 760 GW of solar power installed on earth. At ~25% capacity factor that’s and additional ~473 TWh in 2024 or roughly the same energy as their nuclear reactors, but only half of it was produced in 2023 because the average solar panel was available for 6 months not 12 meaning annual numbers are lagging indicator. They will likely hit their Paris agreement target for 2030 in 2025. This is on pace for ~100% of electricity from renewables in around 20 years assuming they can get storage online, and they are a massive battery manufacturer so it seems possible. Net zero by year X isn’t the question the question is how many tons of carbon you release before net zero. Cut CO2 emissions in half quickly and you get more wiggle room. I’m feeling fairly optimistic right now.