What….. China is literally by far the biggest installer of renewable energy in the world. Like orders of magnitude ahead of Europe and the US. It’s not even close.

[–] lloydsmart@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They may be the biggest installer of renewable energy, but what percentage of their electricity comes from renewables? If they're installing more coal than renewables then it's still not better.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s such a weird position. They also grow much more than all other countries. But they are also bursting ahead of their (much more bold) goals for renewables.

It’s just a fact that China is transforming their energy grid much faster than any other country. From their infrastructure to cars to energy generation.

Like literally just google any of this. Like any metric.

China is shitty in many ways, but I never got this fixation on their “pollution”. Bro Europe and the US exported all their pollution there and imported the finished goods.

A good chunk of China’s pollution is really second-hand western pollution.

And even then, China is “greening” their energy and manufacturing grid faster than anywhere else. It’s just fucking massive, so it takes more effort in general right? That’s pretty logical.