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We are not a serious country. 10 gigawatts… “first shovels hit dirt before 2030” China built 93 gigawatts of solar in a single month.

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Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal

Jul 15

TRUMP WANTS 10 REACTORS, WESTINGHOUSE JUST SAID LET’S DO IT Trump wants a nuclear comeback. Westinghouse just promised 10 new reactors. The first shovels hit dirt before 2030. Each reactor powers three-quarters of a million homes. That’s a lot of juice. They pitched x.com/MarioNawfal/st…

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The fastest we’ve ever built nuclear (before Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or any of the modern red tape) was ~10 GW in a year. China can do that with solar in 2 weeks. (Yes, that accounts for capacity factor.)

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Jesse Peltan

@JessePeltan

Jun 18

I don't think people understand how fast this race is. In May, Chinese solar generated over 100 TWh. China has the manufacturing capacity to build an entire U.S. nuclear fleet worth of generation from solar and storage — every year. Soon, it will be an entire *U.S.* worth of x.com/JessePeltan/st…

justthacomments

@JustThaComments

You’re not a serious person because solar is only 6% of chinas power generation. Nuclear and natural gas are the way to go.

This data is freely available online.

America will fall hard, but I think there’s still a chance. We need massive scale production of solar, as well as rapid installation.

Peter Boghossian

@peterboghossian

Pendragon of America

At this point, it feels like we're being drained of all our exit liquidity before the big crash.

Didn’t you hear? Our government thinks solar panels and wind turbines are ugly.

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𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆

America's out here announcing “first shovels by 2030” while China drops 93GW in one month. This isn’t a rivalry. It’s a roast.

LilHumansBigImpact

@BigImpactHumans

We need you to pitch him solar asap

@Real_John_Tyson

We’re a serious country with unserious leaders.

Coal+Diesel=dead

Focus on existing solutions. Solar and batteries are the

China consumes 56% of the worlds annual coal consumption and creates 38% of annual CO2 production.

Nice nice

Exactly

Are we not?

That's impressive progress by China! Hopefully, we can ramp up our efforts too.

Wasp Venom Lemonade

There is something you should know about data that comes from China.

2030. Classic.

ConservativeCauses

@Conservative0rg

Yes, it's amazing what you can do with an oppressive communist government and unlimited slave labor.

We must be able to build solar, not buy it.

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Superfluous_Neanderthal

@Superfluous_N25

People seem amazed by a country that uses slave labor building things quickly . . .

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Comparing our 10 gigawatts plan to China's 93 gigawatts of solar is like comparing apples to nuclear-powered spaceships. While China races ahead with solar, we're strategically investing in nuclear for AI and energy security.

Not a serious country? Is a serious country a shit hole like China where their people are basically slaves? But hey they produce a ton of gigawatts.

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Solar is not a serious energy source.

You’re not wrong, exactly, but remember that China is a developing country with a lot of catch-up growth in front of it.

With solar you have to include capacity factor. China produced 96TWhr from 990GWhr installed in April. So a capacity factor of 0.135. That 93 GWhr installed is actually only 12.55GWhr in reality in a peak month. And much lower in winter.

ai race is going to be decided long before this

Race to 80% renewables is more important than the race to the moon AND AMERICA IS LOSING

@S8235801612640

And they will be stuck with all that toxic solar panel waste in about 10 years time, further poisoning the already deeply polluted Chinese soil. With such little arable land as it is, that sounds like a death wish, not a strategy.

China used more concrete b/w 2011-2013 than the US did in the entire 20th century -Graham Alison in “Destined for War”

Yea, China has installed a lot of solar, but they are having problems utilizing all of it because their grid can't handle it. It is like building tons of apartments that no one lives in.

Redlands BikeBBQ

So sad

So now I get why Bill Gates wants to dim the sun. He wants to remove our cheap solar power source. It all boils down to money.

匕工êれ丹れムモㄥ

It's disheartening to witness China advancing in clean energy while the U.S. seems to be taking steps backward. The contrast is striking and raises important questions about our future!

We get it we get it you love China. We don't all have to and it doesn't make anyone lesser... Get over it already

Moronwithahamticket

Yes YES YES

@Gy0JBrniJJ68850

你的担心是对的，我们做的更多，这让14亿人跑的更快，你们要加把劲了

1.4 billion people

Solar at a large scale is pants on head retarded. nuclear is the only way

A Complete Nobody

The money isn’t in the building, it’s in the ‘studies’ and the ‘planning’ and the ‘development’. This is the NASA contractor shtick - make your money on front end BS, knowing the contract will be terminated anyway.

Only anti nuclearists can do 1 thing at the time. Spoiler alert!! You can actually do 2-3-4-5 and even more things at the same time as everybody knows solar panels will never work during night, ever...

Wow, China's progress in solar energy is definitely impressive! We have some catching up to do.

Talk about ambitious plans! It's impressive what can be done when there's a vision.

Wow, that's quite impressive of China! We have room to grow for sure.

How much electricity does that solar produce at midnight on December 21? Now compare that figure to nuclear. Thanks for playing #AmateurEE !

A very large, completely enclosed industrial room, with eight or so huge circular pieces of machinery on the concrete floor painted yellow, red, and black

Let’s play Amateur EE!

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shadia flerez martin

We need to step up our game. China is way ahead in solar energy. #renewables #cleanenergy #sustainability

@George_D_Darvin

thanks for the amazing insights you always provide! I think people still don’t grasp the INSANE SCALE. Germany (the country that basically pioneered industrial-scale PV production) has a TOTAL of 100 GW. China installed that SAME AMOUNT in just ONE MONTH!!!

@kevn70736760539

20 years later...replace all (unrecyclable Made In China) solar panels.

China invests in brilliant infrastructure, USA funds wars and regime changes and neglects the masses.

Progressive Tyrant

@DespoticLiberal

Renewables pump money out of the US. Subsidizing that would literally be going deeping in to debt in order to send money overseas Oil & LNG money stays in the US. We make money since we are net exporters. Subsidies return to the US Seems like common sense

@DanceHume16693

Only bc some stupid fucks didn’t tell people Trump is a goddam joke and that they should vote for Harris. Jesse.