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Although it looks like bad news in the short term, China is building even more renewables than they are coal stations, with the result that the fraction of foss
by lambdaone 8mo ago
Although it looks like bad news in the short term, China is building even more renewables than they are coal stations, with the result that the fraction of fossil power consumption in China is actually decreasing: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coal-power-drops-in-china-and-india-for-first-time-in-52-years-after-clean-energy-records/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coal-power-drops-in-chi...
- buckle8017 8mo agoYour just lying with statistics. Fraction goes down but total fossil fuel consumption is at an all time high in China. They now use more fossil fuels than the entire western world combined.
- triceratops 8mo ago> They now use more fossil fuels than the entire western world combined. No idea what "more fossil fuels" is because how do you compare a bag of coal to a barrel of oil. Also what about all the years that they didn't? Which is nearly all of the years before the Industrial Revolution. And if they continue electrifying at their current pace, soon they'll be emitting less carbon than everyone else. What'll you talk about then?