𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸

Reas that again. I did!

From Australia’s ABC News: China will “meet its end-of-2030 target by the end of this month — or 6.5 years early.” Their storage: pumped hydro and battery.

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abc.net.au/news/science/2024-0

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At what cost to the natural environment?

@zleap @kegill in a short time frame there might be more damage to the environment, but in a long time frame there will be no more damage trought mining and burning oil/gas/coal. A win in the long run.

@kegill @Mindmaster

I was thinking more in terms of where wind / solar arrays will go. Here in the Uk you would need planning permission and permissionj from the land owner, I get the impression in china if the goverment decide to do X it just does it, so in this case find land put solar panels on.

This in some cases can have an impact, I think there is evidence that livestock (e.g sheep) can live / graze side by side with solar farms, and in fact they keep the grass trimmed while doing so.

It is however really encouraging they are makingj prpgress here with moving to renewables.

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Any energy-plant has a cost for the environment, be it on site or in a far-away land.
That's was a quick reminder of an automatic thought you should have in mind

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