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China is the largest builder of renewable energy, in the form of solar and wind as well as huge hydro projects and nuclear. So it’s not just relying on coal. A
by seanmcdirmid 2y ago
China is the largest builder of renewable energy, in the form of solar and wind as well as huge hydro projects and nuclear. So it’s not just relying on coal. A city like Lanzhou that has lots of access to renewables (since that capacity is mostly in west/mid-west China) is actually being cleaned up pretty quickly since it is easier to shutdown coal plants.
- Terr_ 2y ago> China is the largest builder of renewable energy That means nothing if you don't scale it per capita or per total generation capacity or per GDP or something. A sufficiently big country could possess/be-constructing both the most renewables and the most petrochemical plants at the same time.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYes and? On a per capita basis, they are misers compared to the USA in terms of fossil fuel usage. China is progressing nicely into the future with their investments, if you want to worry about some developing country that’s extreme polluted, look at India instead.