What is often overlooked is that China can actually carry out reasonably long term plans. It's one of the few good things about not being a democracy or represe

What is often overlooked is that China can actually carry out reasonably long term plans. It's one of the few good things about not being a democracy or representative government. Their plan is for all their energy sources to increase over the next few years, but as the 20+ nuclear plants they are now building and the 70 that are permitted but have not yet started construction get built (not to mention that they are approving more each year), combined with the new hydro capacity they are adding, and the massive amounts of solar and wind they are adding they can drop the coal and other fossil source and reach net zero around 2060. They are far more likely to succeed then the US is with its net zero plans, because the US plan can change every time there is a presidential election. And not just change a little, since one of the two major parties still isn't convinced that climate change is something that actually needs to be addressed. And even when the plan doesn't change with a presidential election the ability to advance the plan can change every two years, because that's how long terms are for members of the House of Representatives, and there is a tendency for the party that did not win the presidency to do better in the next House election. So even if we have a president who is trying to advance the net zero plan, they often will end up with a House that won't pass the legislation necessary to make progress.