Surge in renewables, China
China has built as much
renewable generating capacity
as the rest of the world, and it is rapidly building more.
This is not a race between countries to see which one will "win." It
is part of a race against time for the survival of civilization and
the natural world. Renewable generation is one of the things we need
for that goal.
The whole world is in this together, and China shows what other
countries do, if only we overcome
the efforts of the fossil fuel corruption intended to stop us.
One bad aspect of China's progress is that it is still increasing
its coal combustion. Until fossil fuel use decreases, we are still
getting further away from survival.
In general, the one good thing about the Chinese system of government
is that the state is more powerful than businesses, and will not
permit them to get powerful enough to obstruct the state's plans.
The very bad thing about the Chinese system of government is that the
state is far more powerful than the people, and will not permit the
people to obstruct the state's plans. But it does consider the
aggregate practical desires of people, despite its contempt for their
views and freedom.
To oversimplify, a just state cows the powerful few while respecting
the people. China does the first but rejects the second.
The US does an insufficient job of each.