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EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] makingrain@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

Go to the North in winter and experience true choking pollution from rampant coal furnaces. Even Beijing doesn't escape that.

Don't forget where all that electricity comes from to charge those electric vehicles.

Source: me, who lived in China for 6 years until 2022.

[-] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 4 points 5 months ago

They have also been installing solar powerplants at a lightning rate. They installed more solar in 2023 than the US has in total according to an article I read a few months ago.

It's not about saving the planet though, they import the bulk of their fossil fuels, moving to renewables reduces their fuel import dependency

[-] makingrain@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Increased solar and wind means little in terms of saving the planet when coal usage is increasing. I look forward to the day when we have some honest data from CN on electricitymaps

I agree with your point on curbing fuel import and dependence.

[-] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 points 5 months ago

Got any stats on coal increasing to share ? Last I saw they were decomming significant quantities of coal stations

[-] makingrain@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sure. Had a check on these organisations and they seem reliable.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-responsible-for-95-of-new-coal-power-construction-in-2023-report-says/

https://globalenergymonitor.org/press-release/chinas-coal-power-spree-could-see-over-300-coal-plants-added-before-emissions-peak/

You'll find stats here: https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-coal-plant-tracker/summary-tables/

[-] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 5 points 5 months ago

Damn, that's disappointing at a quick scan. Will read in properly and fact check later. Thanks.

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