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[hunter]

112. There was all sorts of happy talk about renewable energy in China...

... most all of it based on trends and projections and misrepresentations of 2023 data.

In 2024 things changed and the construction of new coal power plants accelerated. At this point China is throwing everything they've got -- coal, solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear -- to meet their increasing demand for energy. Coal isn't going away.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-construction-of-new-coal-power-plants-reached-10-year-high-in-2024/

If you know what's actually going on in China today I'd love to see your references. The usual search engines are not helpful.

The coal industry in China has got some political clout. It's not going to fade away. The current oil crisis will only increase that political clout.

Gemini can go straight to hell. Imitation intelligence is part of the problem.

If I seem cranky I've got my reasons. If idiots like my younger self hadn't stopped nuclear power development in California our state's carbon intensity would be much lower, our wild places wouldn't be trashed by solar and wind development, and our electricity would be more affordable.

As for nuclear waste, it is not an engineering challenge to contain it and it's not nearly so dangerous as fossil fuel waste. Fossil fuel waste is destroying what's left of the natural world as we have known it and will likely be the cause of our civilization's collapse.