China is investing by far the most of any country in decarbonising its economy. Not only is it investing 2/3 of all solar and wind construction on the planet (graph by @janrosenow at https://mastodon.energy/@janrosenow/113072707208661637), it is also i...
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China is investing by far the most of any country in decarbonising its economy. Not only is it investing 2/3 of all solar and wind construction on the planet (graph by @janrosenow at https://mastodon.energy/@janrosenow/113072707208661637), it is also investing tremendously in nuclear.
This is what is needed. And make no mistake: it is clear that we need huge state investments and/or direction to actually be able to decarbonise. Relying on the free market, 'incentivising' it by carbon tax schemes will only bring us so far.
The West has proven this point in the past: the Messmer Plan built 58 reactors in less than 20 years, allowing France to rapidly decarbonise. Up to this day France has the second biggest reactor fleet in the world, with the US on the first spot. For now, as China will get to that first spot in less than a decade.
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@collectifission @janrosenow it's misleading to only look at construction of renewables and nuclear. China is also the country building 95% of new global coal capacity. https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-responsible-for-95-of-new-coal-power-construction-in-2023-report-says/
It's great that they're building out fossil-free power sources for a large part of their increasing consumption, but as long as their overall amount of fossil-based generation is growing, things are getting worse, not better, and any hope of staying below 3°C is looking increasingly slim.