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submitted 1 year ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

... a steady construction pipeline helps [...]. Equipment and component makers can standardize production when they know there will be demand for their specialized goods year after year, and more experienced construction crews can avoid costly delays. [...] And, of course, China’s one-party system has proven more adept than America’s messy democracy in recent decades at permitting and constructing all kinds of infrastructure projects.

I hope these ambitions transition global manufacturing away from coal.

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[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The piece seems to indicate they are and have been building lots of infrastructure for awhile now. Author claims this adjacent work helps brings cost down. (Probably because of an abundance of skilled labor, manufacturing, and supply chains)

Could be lax regs too I guess and it's not like China doesn't know about Chernobyl out Fukushima.

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