Autumn Sun ☀️ on Nostr: "Fun" fact: Even though China has erected an gargantuan 500+ gigawatts of solar PV ...
"Fun" fact: Even though China has erected an gargantuan 500+ gigawatts of solar PV generation capacity nationally, they're still burning 600 gigawatts worth of coal (!!!) to generate electricity on a typical hour of the morning or evening, dwarfing even India, which burns between 100-150 GW of coal during the span of a typical day.
China is still bringing online a new coal fired plant approximately once per month.
India still won't commit to net zero before 2070, and recently celebrated that they are now excavating one gigaton of coal every year, leading to yearly emissions of approximately 3,5 Gigatonnes of CO2 on its own.
Climate change is very real, and some countries in the West certainly can do better to curb their emissions than others (yes, USA for one), but we are being held for fools by "green" politicians that pretend that Western energy emissions cuts and strict adherence to emissions neutrality before 2050 will solely decide the rate of the planet.
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China is still bringing online a new coal fired plant approximately once per month.
India still won't commit to net zero before 2070, and recently celebrated that they are now excavating one gigaton of coal every year, leading to yearly emissions of approximately 3,5 Gigatonnes of CO2 on its own.
Climate change is very real, and some countries in the West certainly can do better to curb their emissions than others (yes, USA for one), but we are being held for fools by "green" politicians that pretend that Western energy emissions cuts and strict adherence to emissions neutrality before 2050 will solely decide the rate of the planet.
#climate #cc #energy
quoting nevent1q…3gydThe death of coal, has long been exaggerated.
Miliband “admits his solar panels bought for English schools and hospitals are Chinese and may be made using coal”.
FYI, a lot of forests are cut down for their production as well
also, slaves are used in their production.
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/03/25/beautiful-clean-coal/