Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir...
by thiht on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @02:51AM
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Sorry to break your hopes: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/US-sets-tariffs-as...
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir...
by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @04:01AM
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Luckily global warming is global and PV installed in countries nearer the equator with dirtier grids have a bigger impact. Chinese PV exports have already become majority "global south".
"China’s surging solar exports to the global south"
https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefing-3-april-2025-sola...
America demonstrating how expensive ignoring cheap renewables can be may well do the world more good in the long run.
It not like a few years ago where a country could "cheat" and get an advantage by avoiding renewables, now it's self-sabotage.