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Re:European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to si... by flir on Monday November 10, 2025 @03:17PM (#45880406)
China's target is 2060.
Re:European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to si... by logifail on Monday November 10, 2025 @03:52PM (#45880779)
> China's target is 2060

"China plans to keep building coal-fired power plants through 2027 in regions where they are needed to meet peak power demand or stabilise the grid, according to government guidelines"

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/china-...

Re:European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to si... by flir on Monday November 10, 2025 @04:10PM (#45880983)
And yet they used less coal in 2024 than they did in 2023.

Maybe it's just an economic downturn. But... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-m...

I just don't buy that renewables necessarily result in expensive energy.

Re:European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to si... by philjohn on Monday November 10, 2025 @04:27PM (#45881163)
China doesn't have one side of the political spectrum trying to shutter any talk of renewables, they're just installing them at breakneck speed.
Re:European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to si... by naIak on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:14PM (#45881663)
We just need to execute the side of the political spectrum that we don't like. That way society will really get ahead.