update to this classic with some recent headlines
You’re not seriously suggesting that china is any better. They are part of the system. They just recognized that selling solar pannels and stuff to othercountries is very profitable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production
China is in first place with 32% of global renewable electricity production. They have built more solar capacity than the rest of the world has ever had installed in one year. No other countries are anywhere close to the green acceleration they have purposefully spearheaded for themselves and the world.
Your source also compares the renewalable percentage of overall electricity production, where China lands at roughly spot 100, placing it near Poland.
placing it near Poland
and well above the US, France and Japan
per capita consumption mix is probably a more useful comparison
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-source-stackedI’d really like to see a graph with per GDP energy consumption mix as well. Most of the countries with better mix than China have a fraction of the GDP.
They installed a shitload of it too though. They’re not just selling it.
For anyone that’s not twigged it yet
They’re already turning this into another culture war to ensure they can continue to enrich the establishment.
The petrochemical industry has a lot of money to burn on propaganda if it’s facing an existential threat.
Remember this when you read anything other than “we should be decarbonising as quickly as possible”
The best thing for everyone (in basically every possible way) except petrochemical shareholders is heavy investment in renewable technology and the ending of petrochemical subsidies.
The Brazilian petrol company has been broadcasting a “fair energy transition” ad (Fair only to the company shareholders!) while working to drill oil from the Amazon, so that first line of the meme really reminds me of this.
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Green energy is good, but I’m sceptical of China’s intentions these days. They seem to have a pretty aggressive stance towards other countries, as seen in their handling of the nine-dash line.
I just get the sense that China is less interested in helping the whole world, and more interested in subjugating the whole world.
How’s that going with the US’ attempts to invade Venezuela?
I hope the US doesn’t invade other countries. But I would say I can be wary of both the US and China at the same time.
If that means ending greenhouse gases emissions I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords
I may not like many of what I know of China’s policies (genocide, suppression of free speech etc.), but this is one of the things they have done well.
No, China is not commiting genocide. The best and most comprehensive resource I have seen so far is Qiao Collective’s Xinjiang: A Resource and Report Compilation. Qiao Collective is explicitly pro-PRC, but this is an extremely comprehensive write-up of the entire background of the events, the timeline of reports, and real and fake claims.
I also recommend reading the UN report and China’s response to it. These are the most relevant accusations and responses without delving into straight up fantasy like Adrian Zenz, professional propagandist for the Victims of Communism Foundation, does.
Tourists do go to Xinjiang all the time as well. You can watch videos like this one on YouTube, though it obviously isn’t going to be a comprehensive view of a complex situation like this. Even with all of the real complexities, though, nothing material measures up to claims of genocide.
As for “freedom of speech,” it’s largely capitalist speech that is suppressed. As class struggle is very much alive in China, they can’t let the bourgeoisie take control of the media and manufacture consent for its own ends.
what until you see how much more genocide & suppression the united states has inflicted upon the world. lol
¿por que no lo dos?
Both are terrible. But in the light of the absolute state of the world, China’s a much lesser evil.
and the gulf between them is going to get larger as time goes on.
if you can’t stuff the sun into barrels and sell it for outrageous profits, is it even of any use?
The next move is probably them selling solar “subscriptions” where you don’t pay the full price of panels/storage but instead pay a monthly fee that works out to way more than the cost of installation in the long run
if you can’t stuff the sun into barrels and sell it for outrageous profits
H-bomb confirms
