Oddbean new post about login | logout China knows... this year they had about the same percentage of renewable generation as the US. The rate of change is a bit different though: https://image.nostr.build/7c6c4ed80e0b5dbbde8c140fb4c2892ff5219abf725dbb8ece34f88e06c96f1e.jpg
okay https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-six-times-more-new-coal-plants-than-other-countries-report-fin
It's a big country that's growing quickly, so it's easy to pick out flashy statistics. I think the bottom line is how they track compared to the US, and by that metric it's going well. Emerging countries could probably get a bit of a break, but otherwise everyone should be held to the same standards per-capita-ish.
