China Is Way Ahead in Green Energy. Here’s Why That’s Risky for the U.S. Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be on full display as top climate diplomats meet (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Way ahead is right. Not only that, they have better energy savings there, an example of which is all hotels being required to tie electricity to a system that shuts off when not occupied. Typically this is done by making you insert your room key into a slot by the door to activate power.

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