Desert Hound
DA
If only that were true.That was the big question 20 years ago.
Today, Chinese wind and solar installations are the largest in the world. They are considerably ahead of us in developing renewable energy.
Under half of their electricity is from fossil fuels, and it is changing quickly.
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I don’t find it all that difficult to imagine China with an electric grid fueled entirely by wind, solar, and nuclear. They’re already most of the way there.
Now do the same analysis for USA. We’ve got work to do.
Here is the actual breakdown of China energy usage. They are nowhere close to getting 50% of their power from renewables. So no they are not ALMOST there.
Coal and gas right now make up about 80% of their energy consumption.
