Lure852 t1_iz9albp wrote
What really blows my mind is the missed opportunity by China (and India to an extent). Instead of sinking trillions into building useless highways, buildings, and entire cities, all in the name of growing gdp, they could have dumped it into renewables.
Instead they're expanding the use of coal to continue to power their industry. Morons.
primejanus t1_izbtybk wrote
I'm pretty sure China has invested a lot into renewables but found they couldn't meet the energy demand so they built a bunch of new coal plants as well
Lure852 t1_izbuyb9 wrote
Yes but instead of building a ton of useless buildings that they later blew up, or the various empty cities with no purpose, they could have gone even bigger on renewables.
netz_pirat t1_iza9ng7 wrote
They are doing both, actually.
China has one third of the worldwide solar generation installed, and is increasing the lead.
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