"ROFL. That fake news factory giving the poor old geriatric deniers a bit of a thrill. "
Oversharing of your daddy issues adds nothing to your response.
If you had actually read the article you would have seen that it was simply commenting on a Guardian report on the 600 coal fired power stations planned just for Asia.
"You may have noticed that all those countries mentioned are spending billions and billions per year on renewable energy technology. Not only for environmental reasons but also to give them energy independence for the first time. A significant point."
Really? You do understand that China is the world's largest coal miner, don't you? Already. When the coal deposits in Mongolia are brought on line, they will have even cheaper energy independence, as it's just a short(ish) rail trip away.
Indonesia has large coal deposits, and will be energy independent.
Japan, not so, but they have decided to go for coal anyway.
As for renewables, looks like China is calling bullshit on it."It’s almost like China’s climate action was just window dressing. It seems to be unraveling…
China’s National Carbon Trading Scheme was supposed to go into full operation later this month, but now it’s been cut back by two-thirds. Instead of burdening 6,000 companies it will only afflict 2,000. And only a week ago, the Chinese government suddenly axed solar and wind subsidies, with the cuts starting just six weeks from now. Oilprice calls it “a crushing blow for wind and solar”. In a devastating move, there are even demands that solar plants have to sell electricity at the same price as coal power. The cruelty!
China produces three quarters of all the world’s solar panels, having subsidized-the-heck out of the global industry, exploited slave labor and driven the US leaders out of production.
Judging by the Wall St Journal story — in the last two months the paradigm has shifted from Environmental control to Economic priority. Perhaps solar power wasn’t much use for building ballistic missile submarines?
How different things would be if solar was actually cheaper than coal…"
Again from the lovely and indefatigable Jo Nova https://joannenova.com.au/2021/06/china-suddenly-puts-brakes-on-climate-action-and-solar-subsidies/
Why don't you explain why all these countries are planning on spending hundreds of billions of dollars on real power generation versus renewables? Are they all captured by "Big Coal", or are they making rational decisions about future energy supplies? These are not decisions that someone wakes up one day, has a brain fart and says "let's go all in on coal(and nuclear, and natural gas).
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