China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total - EcoWatch
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China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    Agreed that wealth also is a relevant parameter. But it is also a function of the population because what fraction of your population’s power consumption is coming from a renewable source is a more interesting metric than your raw renewable power production.

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      global production is all outsourced to india and mainly china.

      their carbon emissions correspond not only to their own population, but to produce goods for most of the world.

      • iAvicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        yes and hence why it is currently only reasonable to compare things like total renewable energy production vs total household energy requirements of a country. production energy is too global to tackle with this approach. and so why I just casually mentioned population is an important factor in how much renewable energy you should be producing.

        • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          yes, thats true, but the original point is that china has to invest heavily in energy solely because of its population, and thats not true when most of that consumption comes from globalized industry working there. that was my point.