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In just one month (May 2025) China's installed new solar power equaled 8% of the total US electricity capacity. (futurology.today)

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There are still some people who haven't realized just how fast and vast the global switch to renewables is. If you're one of them, this statistic should put it in perspective. China installed 93 GW of solar capacity in May 2025. Put another way, that's about 30 nuclear power stations worth of electricity capacity. All this cheap renewable energy will power China's industrial might in AI & robotics too. Meanwhile western countries look increasingly dazed, confused, and out of date.

China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

But at what cost 😔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

And China has been at this for years. Nuclear power too. Australia has also found out how much sunshine costs.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

China's population exceed 1.4 billion, so everything they do, they do on the large scale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

China fixed climate change. USA put tariffs on it and made Chinese EVs illegal.

[–] 0_o7 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fixed? WTF. How?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

Now if they would only run wires to the panels.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn it's amazing what you can get done without pesky human rights in the way

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Surely you have it better in freedom land.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes we do in fact.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not for long 😢

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago

Not until you guys get basic human rights.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Name a metric americans have better than chinese?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'll name ten.

Freedom of speech - especially the right to criticize political leaders. An independent judiciary separate from executive power. Access to uncensored information. Property rights. Highly respected universities. Due process. Electoral representation. Consumer protection. Work-life balance. Disability rights.