It’s self serving, of course. China doesn’t want to continue its dependence on foreign fossil fuels. Any country that’s an energy importer should be thinking the same way.
Once built, clean energy tends to be cheap on a per-kWh basis.
Meh, as long as they’re building it, whatever gets them to do it is fine with me. I care less about their motivation than I do about keeping as much fossil fuel in the ground as possible
Yep, and it’s a stupid ass decision. Even if you bought into the idea that America needs to be dominant in the energy sector for the next century, they’re completely ceding that position to China. The future of energy is not in combustion, it’s in renewables. And America seems to have no desire to lead the world on that front
I’m no tankie, but I’ve been saying for well over a decade, the 21st century is China’s century. It’s just history. America has fallen, China has been rising, and China has been planning and governing for a decades-long uprising.
I think it’s coal that they’re really trying to get off of.
Also I think the further down the list you go, the more the country is dependent on imports. SA is the top, they export the most; China is a net importer. Isn’t it?
You’re right, from what the import list at the bottom of the shared article says, China is the first country in terms of strict importation (nearly twice the US).
It’s self serving, of course. China doesn’t want to continue its dependence on foreign fossil fuels. Any country that’s an energy importer should be thinking the same way.
Once built, clean energy tends to be cheap on a per-kWh basis.
Investing in infrastructure is rarely a bad idea.
Meh, as long as they’re building it, whatever gets them to do it is fine with me. I care less about their motivation than I do about keeping as much fossil fuel in the ground as possible
I fully agree. Meanwhile USA is drill baby drill
Yep, and it’s a stupid ass decision. Even if you bought into the idea that America needs to be dominant in the energy sector for the next century, they’re completely ceding that position to China. The future of energy is not in combustion, it’s in renewables. And America seems to have no desire to lead the world on that front
I’m no tankie, but I’ve been saying for well over a decade, the 21st century is China’s century. It’s just history. America has fallen, China has been rising, and China has been planning and governing for a decades-long uprising.
Their self serving behavior vs our chad energy independence
I like that argument. however the only country which is below china in the list of net oil exporter is the US.
which invalidates it.
but sure. US is its own shitshow itself.
I think it’s coal that they’re really trying to get off of.
Also I think the further down the list you go, the more the country is dependent on imports. SA is the top, they export the most; China is a net importer. Isn’t it?
You’re right, from what the import list at the bottom of the shared article says, China is the first country in terms of strict importation (nearly twice the US).