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https://apnews.com/article/wind-solar-energy-china-climate-carbon-emissions-b337503abfacfd9b7829fd7bbcd507e9
I have to give credit where credit is due, they are doing incredible with renewables, they are also doing incredible with EV's, no one is close except for Norway
It hurts me to say this because I'm very anti-ccp but I can't hate the fact they're doing extremely well in this regard
Australia has run into a problem where we have pretty much won the solar race and maxed out on solar, we are now racing to build out grid firming (batteries/hydro/wind) to store that excess energy we make to stop the fact that energy prices go negative in the middle of the day which is resulting in solar export prices going to 0c:
https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/victoria-solar-tariff-2526-mb3093/
“Absolutely world leading:” Why Australia is leading the charge away from baseload power
https://reneweconomy.com.au/absolutely-world-leading-why-australia-is-leading-the-charge-away-from-baseload-power/
But this all aside, I'm mainly concerned about India, even if Australia went to 0 India has added 10 Australia's worth of co2 emissions in the last 20 years and it continues to climb
I don't remember when and where, but some time ago I read a blog entry where the writer used the term, "The West bad, China bad okay". Don't get me wrong, it's not about your comment alone, it's all the others in this and other threads. If China is criticized, there come all sorts of whataboutery and distractions -some of them true, some aren't- but it indeed follows this "The West bad, China bad okay" stance. The fact that China is failing on climate change is simply ignored, while every other country is criticized.
I think you've replied to me rather than someone else, I would never say 'the west bad', we are doing amazing
My comment would very much be "the west good, china was extremely bad but now leading world in renewables, it looks like co2 reductions to follow"
I didn't mean you in my comment.