• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Down 4%. And part of that is because the thing fell apart.

    We need to move MUCH more aggressively. Carbon emissions are still growing.

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        8 months ago

        For China, it’s the only way they can provide power to their east coast, home to over three times the population of the US. Trust me, Chinese people hate coal power plants in their cities even more than Westerners but it’s the only option if they want to keep the lights on.

        All the good spots to put hydroelectric dams and wind farms are inland, and there literally are not enough cables to bring the electricity east.

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    8 months ago

    Right direction. Lets hope they can keep moving that direction. China’s energy consumption is still growing, so let’s hope renewables and nuclear can grow fast enough to still decrease coal usage.