BREAK: Xi Jinping says China will stop building coal plants overseas. This almost completely ends the international finance of coal in a single sentence.— Karl Mathiesen (@KarlMathiesen) September 21, 2021
China still has a lot of dommestic coal power plants, as of 2020 56.8% of China’s power was from coal
Thing is, it was in the 70+% just 5 years ago and the vast majority of what replaced it proportionaly is renewables and neuclear. They could be doing even better of course but such a reduction for a developing country of a 1.4 billion people with constantly increasing energy demands is a big and important in and of itself
Hmm? No, it's just a common talking point every single time China makes measurable (but not immediate) progress.
Dunking on :reddit-logo: and having fun, I would hope that sort of liberalism wouldn't be here.
Longer mulling over of the subject:
I've especially noticed this sort of response with ultras, who tend to fixate on idealism and view any progress that isn't immediate and complete as somehow a failure. Sad way to live, since it is often fairly easy with this mindset to continually shift the goalposts regardless of what is done. It's the sort of behavior that Lenin criticized as being "an infantile disorder".
This isn't intended as being sectarian as I don't think(?) most leftists identify as ultras. Regardless, I'm merely describing the behavior and Lenin's response to that sort of dogmatism.
It'd be more common but plenty of radlibs just quote China's net emissions and leave it at that. Once they learn what 'per capita' means and that China is making ecological strides then they move onto that take
Thing is, it was in the 70+% just 5 years ago and the vast majority of what replaced it proportionaly is renewables and neuclear. They could be doing even better of course but such a reduction for a developing country of a 1.4 billion people with constantly increasing energy demands is a big and important in and of itself
RadLibs / Ultras:
:le-pol-face: "How dare China not immediately blow up all of their coal plants, they clearly aren't communist."
Do you see anybody saying this ITT? Or do you just enjoy making yourself angry.
I enjoy making myself angry :shrek:
"I imagine my enemies saying dumb things which upset me, how could you tell?" :gigachad-hd:
:speech-r: :gigachad:
Hmm? No, it's just a common talking point every single time China makes measurable (but not immediate) progress.
Dunking on :reddit-logo: and having fun, I would hope that sort of liberalism wouldn't be here.
Longer mulling over of the subject:
I've especially noticed this sort of response with ultras, who tend to fixate on idealism and view any progress that isn't immediate and complete as somehow a failure. Sad way to live, since it is often fairly easy with this mindset to continually shift the goalposts regardless of what is done. It's the sort of behavior that Lenin criticized as being "an infantile disorder".
This isn't intended as being sectarian as I don't think(?) most leftists identify as ultras. Regardless, I'm merely describing the behavior and Lenin's response to that sort of dogmatism.
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It'd be more common but plenty of radlibs just quote China's net emissions and leave it at that. Once they learn what 'per capita' means and that China is making ecological strides then they move onto that take