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Really? China doesn't have as much access to the sun. That's an absurd cope.
by pstrateman 3y ago
Really? China doesn't have as much access to the sun.
That's an absurd cope.
- h0l0cube 3y agoCompared to Africa or equatorial nations in Asia. But it’s not cope, because China is building plenty of solar. 216 GW last year alone according to a cursory googling https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-installed-solar-power-capacity-rises-552-2023-2024-01-26/#:~:text=BEIJING%2C%20Jan%2026%20(Reuters),Energy%20Agency%20showed%20on%20Friday https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-installed-sol....
- KptMarchewa 3y agoNot much gets through the smog.
- D-Coder 3y agoThe smog is in the cities. It does not cover the entire country.
- ben_w 3y agoIndeed. While this requires them to do more with long distance power transmission, they are, in fact, in the process of doing more with long distance power transmission. In the meantime, they're building more of everything else, too. So… a mixed bag, really. There's good stuff and bad there, on the energy front.
- rstuart4133 3y agoSomeone should tell those silly Chinese to look out the window and check if they actually have access to the sun before installing solar panels, because they are installing them at every increasing rates: https://www.statista.com/statistics/673444/china-solar-power-generation-china/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/673444/china-solar-power... /s