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submitted 2 months ago by git@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

Motherfuckers will do anything except build high speed rail

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[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago

oh my god, those poor defenseless oil magnates

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, only the coal magnates are making out, and using the filthiest coal.

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They installed more solar panels last year than the US has installed in it's entire existence.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-26/china-added-more-solar-panels-in-2023-than-us-did-in-its-entire-history

Suck on this. Stop pretending like China isn't making the west look like deranged fools

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

Suck on this. Stop pretending like China isn't making the west look like deranged fool

No one is pretending. All we hear about China is "communism bad" and racist propaganda against China so people sincerely don't know that China has a democracy or that their government is doing far more to help their own people than the US government does for us.

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 27 points 2 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@hexbear.net 4 points 2 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?

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Ha! Joke's on these stinky commies, I would never reflect on material reality when China Bad

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 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@hexbear.net 4 points 2 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?

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

Is there another type of coal?

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Must be thinking of the German Braunkohl

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