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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Good, but the US should do better. I would support outlawing new construction of non-renewable energy. And strict timelines for utilities to become renewable.

I think we're past the point when we should just "encourage" or incentivize clean energy. We need to DEMAND it.

[-] MisterChief@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

First thing I see on this chart is China understanding the next several decades of energy. Second this I see is corporate America willingly fuck the next few generations with their problems by refusing to to put lives before profits.

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Disagree, diversification is important, we don't know what tomorrow holds.

Better to have a mix of both than just 1

[-] Spzi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

There is a wide range of renewable sources: Hydro, geothermal, biogas, different kinds to use wind and solar. I can understand why you would want diversification across that range. So that if one source is affected by circumstances, the others can continue delivering.

But what sense does it make to diversify between renewable and non-renewable, if you meant that? It's certainly possible to lead this principle ad absurdum. Should we diversify between tested and untested methods, between cheap and expensive, between safe and dangerous?

we don’t know what tomorrow holds.

That's a reason to diversify between different renewable methods, distribute them across different regions. If you really meant we should include fossil fuels, you might need to make that point explicit, because it is not self-explaining.

[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Seems like those projected numbers are wildly out of line with the trend.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

A lot of China growth and a lot of ¯\(ツ)/¯ growth.

[-] johan@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Because the price of solar is going down rapidly and China is actively mining huge amounts of the raw materials necessary to produce solar panels. The amount of solar energy produced will increase very quickly as it will become (by far) the cheapest option and no longer requires subsidies.

[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 8 points 1 year ago

Here in California our power companies are fighting really hard to stop this. Repealing net energy metering and charging huge minimums for the privilege of feeding excess energy back to the grid. Its insane.

[-] Spzi@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I heard similar stories from German home owners. Somehow, dinosaurs seem really attracted to going extinct.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Somehow China will double installations, or very nearly, 1 year then have ~20% increase over the next 7. I think their projection is wrong.

[-] vin@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Soon for net zero ghg emissions, it will be better to move your entire production to China

this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
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