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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 Meanwhile western countries look increasingly dazed, confused, and out of date.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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[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Fixed? WTF. How?

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Now if they would only run wires to the panels.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surely you have it better in freedom land.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes we do in fact.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not for long 😢

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -2 points 1 month ago

Not until you guys get basic human rights.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Name a metric americans have better than chinese?

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month 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.