Beijing bolstering position as global renewables leader with solar capacity more than rest of world combined

  • FantasticFox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In China they actually build stuff. In the West we just talk about it and fly in private jets to extravagant climate conferences.

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      To be fair, you can actually install your own photovoltaics. I heat with hardwood and currently make net half of electricity I consume.

      Little things by individuals do add up. Absence of them of them of course does, too.

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    Yeah, but does their government convert 1.5 trillion dollars a year in public monies and national debt into defense industry and health insurance industry profits, providing incredible value for shareholders?!

    Checkmate, communists

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        Whether they’re actually building it or not shouldn’t change how the west reacts to it. instead, we should treat it like we did the MIG-25: assume it’s real and invest in our own systems to maintain superiority.

        Worst-case scenario, we get extra green tech innovation and save the world from global warming more than we intended. Oh darn.