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As other posters below you have pointed out, it's not as simple as you make it out. You can't just stop building power plants overnight. The population and dema
by deanc 7mo ago
As other posters below you have pointed out, it's not as simple as you make it out. You can't just stop building power plants overnight. The population and demands of China are growing and those needs need to be met immediately. There is no simpler, more understood way of rolling out new energy than building coal & gas power plants.
But look at the data. They are building clean energy solutions at a faster rate than any other country on the planet - by a huge margin. Scaling clean energy solutions is what we need, and it has to be done alongside the gradual phase-out of coal and gas.
- Jblx2 7mo ago>The population and demands of China are growing The population of China has been decreasing since 2022. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=population+of+china+is+decreasing&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=population+of+china+is+decr...
- thorncorona 7mo agoThe percentage of China in extreme poverty has been decreasing for the last few decades.
- uriahlight 7mo ago[flagged]
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