• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    22 days ago

    No, we don’t count other countries decrease in emissions against China’s totals. If China wanted to use those solar and batteries to decrease their emissions, they could have, but it was more economic to sell them while burning coal at home.

    China’s emissions may be dropping? Doubt it, they’re expanding number of cars on the road every year and in recent years they’ve been pushing to increase their population.

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      22 days ago

      China’s emissions may be dropping? Doubt it

      You’ve seen the sheer mind blowing stats though yeah?

      Almost three-quarters of all solar and wind power projects being built globally are in China, says a new report that highlights the country’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources.

      China is building 510 gigawatts of utility-scale solar and wind projects, according to data from the Global Energy Monitor, a non-governmental organisation based in San Francisco.

      That compares with about 689GW under construction globally, GEM said. A rough rule of thumb is that a gigawatt can potentially supply electricity for about 1mn homes.

      https://www.ft.com/content/e51744d9-e585-4622-91f9-e1f57c0269d9

      they’re expanding number of cars on the road every year

      EV’s and NEV’s?

      China produced some 17 million EVs in 2024 or around 70% of all EVs built globally (and that number is expected to grow this year

      Around 11 million didn’t leave the country

      https://insideevs.com/news/783051/chinese-ev-export-numbers-2025/

      They are nearly single handedly powering the renewables revolution

      in recent years they’ve been pushing to increase their population

      Population doesn’t correlate with co2 usage

      https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions

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        21 days ago

        You’ve seen the sheer mind blowing stats though yeah?

        I’ve also seen their stats on covid and Uighurs

        EV’s and NEV’s?

        Powered by Superheated Coal Power Plants?

        They are nearly single handedly powering the renewables revolution

        Their intentions for these EV exports that they’re selling at a cost is to corner markets and push competitors out, afterwhich they will undoubtedly spy on the west or remotely disable in times of war. Perhaps even self destruct.

        Population doesn’t correlate with co2 usage

        I think you meant to put the misleading CO2 per capita image but you accidentally told the truth with the CO2 total image where China tops the chart by having roughly triple the runner up.