Originally Posted by ThumbsUp (Post 4023143)

It is very difficult to contort China’s progress into something apropos here. The regulatory environment existing in the United States is essentially absent there, nor are the administrative hurdles. Unless we take down the guard rails, they are bound to surpass us.

Originally Posted by MaxQ (Post 4023160)

It probably won't last forever. Recession looms if Western economies falter. But for now China seems to doing so well due to innovation, long term planning, and patience.

Originally Posted by furloughfuntime (Post 4023152)

This attitude right here is why China leads us by leaps and bounds in battery technology and renewables. Diversified energy production is better than putting all your eggs in one basket, but small minds take a political view to what should be a question of physics and logistics.

Nuclear is fine, but the upfront costs make it currently much less viable than solar/wind, even with current battery technology.

When you're more interested in optics and politics than science and physics, you end up abdicating your position as energy superpower. This is why China has surpassed us in this field.

Maybe concern yourself more with wattage than whether something could be called "woke"

Originally Posted by AAdvocate (Post 4023186)

Weird flex bragging about China leading the world in helping the environment. Didn't have that in my BINGO card.

Originally Posted by AAdvocate (Post 4023186)

Weird flex bragging about China leading the world in helping the environment. Didn't have that in my BINGO card.

Originally Posted by CGLimits (Post 4023195)

Stating facts is bragging? Helping the environment was not mentioned once in his/her post.

Originally Posted by AAdvocate (Post 4023198)

It was in mine. wtf was he responding to and why was he bragging about the worst polluter in the world? weird flex lol

Originally Posted by CBreezy (Post 4023209)

Their CO2 rates per capita are around 9 tonnes a year where ours are 14.

Originally Posted by AAdvocate (Post 4023210)

Easy when you have over a Billion people, many of whom are oppressed and living like they are forced to like like they are in the stone age.

Originally Posted by AAdvocate (Post 4023210)

Easy when you have over a Billion people, many of whom are oppressed and living like they are forced to like like they are in the stone age. But you also bring up a great point, the US needs to invest way more in Nuclear technologies to bring that "per capita" number down.