Motherfuckers will do anything except build high speed rail

  • BobDole [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    They added as much clean energy in the first half of this year as the entirety of the UK produced any energy in the same period. The last three records for the world’s largest solar farm are held by China, and they have started work on the new biggest solar farm. They are the only country achieving their Paris Accords goals, but go off

    • JamesConnollysStache [any]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      I mean, cool. But, they were also responsible for something like 90% of new coal plants last year and continuing the trend this year. So, that really sucks. Could it be that added renewable capacity has to be matched with stinky non-renewable capacity due to its unreliable nature?

      • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        True, but China is also building nuclear reactors as quickly as they can so China is actually serious about reducing their emissions. The US on the other hand isn’t building any nuclear or highspeed rail, our cars keep getting bigger, our cities keep sprawling out, and all we are really doing is gaslighting our own people with green washing nonsense like carbon credits

      • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        It could also be that they don’t have enough renewables built yet to have enough fully renewable backup in place yet. These things take time. Coal is fast and easy to build, so while you build out the slower and more difficult renewables, it makes sense to fill in the gaps in the short term with something cheap and easy.

        Anyway it’s clear where you stand on reality when you’re in here arguing against renewables, apparently?