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« Over the 16-year period since 2008, the number of years it takes for an average Chinese manufacturing worker to afford a basic plug-in EV has fallen from ~9 years to <1.
This is while the technical/performance specs have increased dramatically. »

Solar :
« This year, China will add more solar power than the US’ entire installed capacity!
🔹hOw aBoUt cOaL? China will add 50GW of coal power plants this year, while adding 200GW of renewable. »



More : 1, 2, 3, 4

Nuclear as well :

Oil :

And everything else really

Even forests

And pollution :

« China’s pollution levels in 2021 had fallen 42% from 2013 »
«If China’s contribution were disregarded, global air pollution would have increased, not declined, in the 2010s » :

Finally : 1, 2, etc.

Seems like the future isn't here.

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[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago

In Europe, car emissions actually went UP, because SUVs* make up the majority of sales

*latest fad