The US might have gone dumb, but that does not make China good.
Totally agree, my point is that there are a lot of countries who don’t have the wealth to stop their co2 emissions overnight and because of China’s massive investments in production facilities the cost of solar and battery tech has come down by so much that new fossil fuel energy plants are increasingly less interesting.
Renewables aside, there is also a greyscale when it comes to fossil fuel: old coal plants are worse than new ones (just like with a car). Going from coal to oil or gas can also lower emissions. But either way, the fact that China has access to cheap fossil fuels really counters the progression. It’d be better to stop using fossil fuels altogether.
The west (previously including thd US) also did a lot in that regard, but the reason I wanted to say I’m glad with China (about this) is, that if it were just Europe pulling the cart, Earth would be screwed.
Totally agree, my point is that there are a lot of countries who don’t have the wealth to stop their co2 emissions overnight and because of China’s massive investments in production facilities the cost of solar and battery tech has come down by so much that new fossil fuel energy plants are increasingly less interesting.
Renewables aside, there is also a greyscale when it comes to fossil fuel: old coal plants are worse than new ones (just like with a car). Going from coal to oil or gas can also lower emissions. But either way, the fact that China has access to cheap fossil fuels really counters the progression. It’d be better to stop using fossil fuels altogether.
The west (previously including thd US) also did a lot in that regard, but the reason I wanted to say I’m glad with China (about this) is, that if it were just Europe pulling the cart, Earth would be screwed.