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[@UndecidedMF]

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[@gavinmckee9211]

Demonstrably, as broken down in Home Power magazine by brilliant folks for decades, the only partially positive application of wind and solar is home generation, like your house! all these mega projects are bad for nature and the ecosphere generally.

[@mat_j]

Matt pls check out the New Atlas for geopolitics

[@michaelmayhem350]

6:16 everyone always calls china the massive polluter but if you take all carbon emissions from the start of the industrial revolution through today, the USA is the largest the UK is 2nd & China is 3rd.

[@alexdubois6585]

This is great but it is quite depressing to look at the size of the surfaces required to generate green energy. How many square metres of solar are required by US citizen today?

[@mat_j]

@@michaelmayhem350 also they never talk about per capita pollution. than USA would be the biggest pollutor

[@jopo7996]

What's with all the 'solar hate' in the comments? Solar is reliable, and has no moving parts. We put panels on our cottage in Ontario 22 years ago. The panels still look brand new and the system has been flawless.

[@ShadeDraws]

Photons are overrated.

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Some people are very bitter that their stocks in coal production will be threatened in the future. Scientific illiteracy is another leading cause, these people simply can't and in many cases simply refuse to educate them selves. A third and much more likely option is trolls surfing across any and all solar power related comment sections just to piss people off and spew vile hatred against something that has absolutely no influence on their own lives.

[@peachulemon]

Canada slow adoption of solar in rural areas is actually crazt. Im happy we use nuclear but we could do so much better

[@martin096]

​@@jagsfanrickthe lies?

[@trispretty]

Paid by the fossil fuel industry to spread lies/hate?

[@kckoay6211]

China and the United States released 11.4 and 5.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022 respectively. But on a per capita basis, the Americans accounted for almost twice as much greenhouse gases than their Chinese counterparts. Another takeaway is that, measured in dollar terms, China accounts for almost 30% of the world manufacturing outputs, or twice as much as that produced by the U.S. And that is achieved on the back of per capita energy consumption at half of that of the United States. Had China not moved towards green and efficient use of energy, what would China’s greenhouse gas emission be in order to produce 30% of the manufactured goods for the world?

[@ck1416]

Let's not forget military emission of US are omitted from calculations

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Because major means of transport in US is cars, while in China, its public transport (train/LRT). Also major goods are moved in US using trucks, while they use train in China. Lobbying by certain group of interest in US prevented their modernization of public transport, hence the over dependence on cars and trucks.

[@MS-wz9jm]

Western countries dont like to hear stats like this because it doesnt fit their "China bad" narrative.

[@jobslolo7387]

what green energies ? the total energy mix of china is something like 55% coal, and if you combine solar/wind/hydro AND nuclear then the "green" energy of china is still only 15% ... there is nothing green about burning mostly coal for power. Also in a way ... obviously per capita is low in china, since more than half of the 1.4 Billion Chinese people still live in pretty low life standards, Chinese in cities have higher carbon footprint than american living in cities. in short, when Chinese get richer, they pollute more than anyone else .

[@passby8070]

​@jobslolo7387 I wonder where you get your facts from, China is at or near the peak of emission, as China gets richer, it will also likely to reduce emission as people are buying EVs instead of cheaper ice cars. I am seeing more than 50% cars in Chinese cities recently, I think In 5 years, China will be a very different place with most ICE cars gone.

[@Alazen.]

People tend to hate when they are jealous of others

[@jackshen5093]

nah they are mostly ignorant than jealous.

[@ObeyNoLies]

There's a lot of envy and hatred of the Chinese going around these days.

[@nanyanguo1]

@@ObeyNoLies promoted n encouraged by their politicians thro their media.

[@onetwo6806]

"People"

[@chronicandironic8701]

no they’re in touch of objective reality instead of buying the propaganda from a Criminal government

[@joe_shh]

20 years ago: “China, you shall be responsible for global warming!”😡 Now: “Let’s forget about The Paris Agreement”🙄

[@yzy8638]

before: EV is good after China's EV: EV means EVil

[@ErikB605]

@@yzy8638 Pollution: In total our 300.000 pollute less than your 2 billion. Green Power Generation: Per Capita we have a lot more than you.

[@aBRUSHforCONFUCIUS]

The US was the only country to come in under the nonbinding Paris agreements by massively switching to gas. This plan is a pipe dream. Current can only be transmitted so far. DC is extremely short range. What happens to all those panels in 20 years. What a waste. The only reason they are doing this, is they cannot sell subquality panels. This is just propaganda for the Chinese dictatorship, EVs are a deadend tech. Besides Chinese cars, especially EVs are very poor quality. The barely existent support for vehicles, is half as long for phones. Also, why would anyone want the Chinese government keeping tabs on where they go, what happebs in and around the car, You do know the info is piped right back to China? With many cameras and mics. Let's give the dictatorship even more power. Hydrogen will be the biggest players. Lastly, try and find picters from Chinese citizens which show a not gray sky.

[@codebro777p4]

​@@yzy8638 maybe it's always a reason to hate somthing because it's ralative with china

[@yzy8638]

@@codebro777p4 reason or excuse? when moses's follower rush into the land of honey and milk, wiping out population there, you think theres a rational reason? British didnt invent the word racism for nothing

[@sandzibar]

In a world of constant depressing news on economic doom and war, its always nice to watch your videos Matt that bring some positivity.

[@Seraphus87]

Indeed. I had a few rough years with very little hope. The content on this channel helped me get through that.

[@mikeb4650]

Unfortunately, once those cells and wind systems deteriorate, they become toxic waste. Sacrificing the future for the present is no victory.

[@apathyguy8338]

I don't know what the hell happened but my phone spit that out repeatedly. Nothing I do seems to delete the messages

[@Meatsweats_o_O]

frfr. love hear something good. that huge ass project is amazing. I hope it challenges others to do better.

[@SliverHell]

YES, YES. Its like my one reason of not taking my own life

[@sivan1127]

Having solar panels in desert, a predominantly non usable land, is awesome.

[@zeed33r]

oh yes, what else better than having your panels buried under sand every day

[@man_at_the_end_of_time]

​@@zeed33rOr coated with dust.

[@thirdnormalform]

I was wondering about dust / sand dunes. The logistics of cleaning and operating these panels would be interesting.

[@mattc6854]

They have cleaning drones now.

[@muriloaraujo6511]

Also, maybe it would be possible to design a "whipper" that uses some of the power to clean themselves from time to time.

[@anandawijesinghe6298]

I was one of the earliest rooftop solar adopters in my town of Livermore, CA. Ignoring all the naysayers, I covered my entire roof with microinverter based AC solar panels nearly 20 years ago, and the US Govt covered 60% of the cost via tax deductions. I bought all the equipment and installed the panels myself. Now 60% of the rooftops in my hometown have solar panels installed, about 10 years after I did ! Roofop solar naysayers are a vanishing breed these days! I am now generating far more power than I need for my home, and selling the excess to the power company. This solar system not only provided all the electricity I needed, but also helped me payoff my home mortgage loan! It will continue to generate power for at least another 20 years ! What is not to like ? The best investment of time and money I ever made ! 🥰!

[@woodtv4481]

I started solar installations way back 2004, exactly 20 years ago. From that day on, i fall inlove with Solar and our office, our house, our workshop are all run with solar. Never have to pay a cent to the grid.

[@cosmoray9750]

It's impressive that the solar panels is still functioning after twenty years. No degradation or lost of power from the panels ?

[@nikm3r]

@@cosmoray9750 Solar panels will keep being functional 50 years later too, they'll just lose efficiency, there are big name companies that offer 40 year warranties now.

[@fritzsmith3296]

@@cosmoray9750 "It's impressive that the solar...". Why do you think so, are you an expert on solar panels or just a "Wooden Philosopher", that is someone who has strong opinions about things he knows nothing about?

[@heyhoe168]

@@cosmoray9750 invertor would probably fail more often.

[@grahambennett8151]

Good on you.

[@stevenbarrett7648]

We put 12 solar panels on our house under three years ago plus a 5Kw battery, we projected a 9 year payback but with the greedy energy companies doubling the price of electricity then doubling it again our solar paid for itself in just over 2 years. In summer we fill the car, run the house and solar battery then feed in to the grid….for a miserly 15ppKw but still produces a few quid in credits

[@marcelroy6034]

Same here, got panels up on the roof, my energy bill has gone down by about two thirds, through own consumption and selling the surplus into the grid. Best decision ever.

[@andremanicke8534]

Same here. 4 kWp (will be 7 soon) with 14 kWh of battery. Sufficient to be off-grid 7-8 month a year (running everything and charging the EV) and reducing the power usage by a good amount the rest of the year.

[@jacintarichardson2376]

Similarly here. I put a 10kWh system on my roof (maximum my energy provider allows) and a 10kWh battery in my garage. It's not quite enough for us to be entirely energy sufficient, but neither was that my goal. For 8-9 months a year we export more energy than we use. In the middle of summer we export up to 70kWh/day. Even though the feed in tariff is less than one third the buy rate, our bills are in credit for those 9 months and that credit almost covers the winter cost. I expected the system to pay for itself in 8 years, but with inflation etc, it will only take about 5. It should recoup the carbon costs of creation, transport and installation etc in 8-10 years.

[@repairman2be250]

7.4KW here and Powerwall 2 since 2018. We are happy with the investment.

[@dakawans83]

When you need a new roof how much will it cost to take them down, reinstall them and hope they don't get broken?

[@dodley130]

For all those complaining about covering desert land with solar panels ,I will go as far as to say, it increases biodiversity in the desert biome by offering shade to desert animals. All the buildings in the world are covering the earth surface as well. Why aren't people complaining about it, when it's china it's an issue. The surface area of china is about 9 million square miles, 8 SQ miles is negligible. It's the best interest for the whole world if china does these projects, we don't share land boundaries but we share atmosphere, the fight against global warming is global and we should encourage such projects, it might be the most future proof project in the world, but at this point we don't have time to work out the most future proof solution ever. Anything that moves towards the goal is great. We encourage countries to switch from coal to natural gas, from coal to any other generation means there is

[@Gebri3l]

The animals that live in the desert are made for the desert, not for some shades. if the fight against global warming is global then think global, what happens west of that area that's covered

[@MrGarrax]

I also want to chip in, the increasing temperatures speed up desertification so these massive parks can also be used as a barrier to prevent the land behind them. However to actually prevent their deserts from expanding they would need to build much more than just 8 SQ miles. The current green wall project is like 2800 miles long - that is the kind of scales we are dealing with here it is absolutely humongous and it needs to be. There is a lot of work to be done not only in China everywhere.

[@avilesandres]

@@Gebri3l desert animals need shade and are most active at night, not just because they evolved to live in the desert means they need direct sun light exposure. In fact, shade is a necessity for virtually all animals that live in deserts. (source: I live in the Sonoran desert 🏜️🏜️)

[@avilesandres]

Agree 💯 👍🏻

[@kerbodynamicx472]

@@Gebri3lby your logic, we will never get anything done. No, a desert is a barren land and creatures living there are very scarce.

[@trevormiller1366]

Got solar installed 15yr ago, overall it has been a cost saver and works fine here in Aus.

[@docdissent]

Before anyone gets envious: Australia has the lowest cost for residential solar because their 'soft costs' are less than half of what US customers shell out where typical installed cost is over $3/W

[@UncleAlf1889]

@@docdissent I had solar at my American home and it did not produce what they said it would and was a burden on our household to pay for. Even with the subsidies, it wouldnt have been a net return until like 12 years into it, and the panels werent rated much passed that. All it did was create a bigger burden on us by adding another expense and point of failure on our home. I will never purchase solar panels again for my home. It may be useful for small things aND IF YOU HAVE A BATTERY BANK, BUT WITH ACCESS TO THE GRID, IT MAKES ZERO SENSE TO ADD THEM TO YOUR HOME. Caps werent intentional. finger slipped.

[@mv80401]

@@UncleAlf1889 Sadly, solar installs are much more expensive in the US vs Australia as too many unnecessary costs are added. Hence payback takes long. That said, PV is warrantied to 25 years and works way past that. The inverter needs replacing after 12-15 years. If you were made false promises you got an unethical installer. Mine lists a production guarantee for each of the 25 years, slightly declining of course. Many states here have big electricity rates, and it's in those places where solar is the most profitable for you.

[@markstevenson439]

I am an American and I am glad to see other nations like China achieve progress like this. The U.S. is big spoiled brat that can't stand to see other nations prosper and weaken it's hegemony. Kudos to China and all other nations in the world for making great innovations and making life better for their people, something the U.S. has never done.

[@merlin7766]

So how would you feel if you invented a ground breaking technology and someone also stole the idea from you and made billions of dollars? This is why China has been doing to the west for a generation. OST of what they export is a direct copy of western tech or a derivative of western technology.

[@grahambennett8151]

Right on.

[@juaerez69]

Wumao alert!

[@chaselee86]

I'm a Chinese American who has lived and travelled extensively in China for a long time. I've seen how polluted the rivers are and gabbage piled up everywhere. All the buildings built with poor quality concrete that have short lifespan of 30 years or less. Stop believing in these propaganda to think that China is better than US.

[@chenjack5092]

​@@juaerez69 🐸：呱 gua 😂

[@dominiqueridoux2073]

If memory serves, northern China is also the location of large refining plants for aluminum and other metals, they do require large amounts of energy that is now mostly green. Also they are currently installing UHV (ultra high voltage) power lines. Once they are finished, the transmission loss will be greatly reduced and lots of coal plants will become redondant. Last but not least, energy storage battery, sodium based (since weigh and space are not an issue for such storage) is also a promising way to store the extra energy produced during day time. I do trust the Chinese to go at this methodically and efficiently. They are highly pragmatic people.

[@tobiasrietveld3819]

"they do require large amounts of energy that is now mostly green", that's not even remotely true.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@tobiasrietveld3819aluminium refinery relies on electrolysis. With enough green generation in the area it’s trivial to switch, no need for a process change. Depending on the final alloy, you don’t even necessarily need a super high power arc furnace to electrically produce the final metallic-form product (be it sheets or bars). Just a regular metallurgical kiln is usually sufficient, same as can make brass and bronze.

[@gaobili]

At least it's better than using fossil energy exclusively, and the growth trend is clear@@tobiasrietveld3819

[@tobiasrietveld3819]

​@@kaitlyn__L I meant the statement that it was done mostly with 'green' energy. Wind and solar in China together don't even total 10% of their power generation. Hydro is about 18% but they pretty much maxed out it's geographic potential. WIth over 65%, China's industry basically still mostly runs on coal generators, which are the absolute dirtiest way to generate energy.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@tobiasrietveld3819 while that’s true it’s certainly also cleaner than directly burning the coal in a lot of cases. Not as energy efficient but often cleaner

[@craigrussell7542]

For those commenting about all the water needed to clean solar panels... Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories estimate that a typical 500-megawatt coal-fired utility that burns 250 tons of coal per hour, also uses 12 million gallons of water an hour, or 300 million gallons a day, for cooling. In the U.S., power generation is second only to agriculture in water use. To produce and burn the 1 billion tons of coal America uses each year, the mining and utility industries use from 55 trillion to 75 trillion gallons of water annually, according to the US Geological Survey.

[@gemelwalters2942]

I'm curious if those people think Drilling for oil doesn't impact waterways or water usage. From fracking which uses a LOT of water, to making entire areas uninhabitable or the setting the sea ablaze just a few years ago. One oil spill after another and these are just the ones we hear about. We definitely should be skeptical, it's China afterall, but let's not be naive about the existing process we use to generate power.

[@craigrussell7542]

@@gemelwalters2942 Quite right. We need to find all the ways we can to get out of the climate and pollution mess we are in. No solution will be without cost or complications, but the current methods as they stand are far too damaging to our world on their own.

[@playground2137]

Sure. But you are in a desert.

[@tobiasrietveld3819]

That coal-fired utility isn't likely to be placed in the desert where water already is very scarce.

[@davidladd5597]

Actually, any power generation that involves steam driven turbines uses a lot of water to condense steam back to water so it can be recycled through the boilers. This would include nuclear. Further, this water that is used for cooling gets evaporated off as water vapor (also classified as a greenhouse gas), in cooling towers.

[@sunusiadamu5802]

Without China, we in Africa couldn't have afforded smart phones and a lot of electronics. China is a blessing to this world.

[@Mithra53]

Why don't built things by yourselves ?

[@mindormood1]

@@Mithra53 why don't you become a billionnaire?

[@texanplayer7651]

Without China stealing western intellectual property you mean.

[@Monkehrawrrr]

Let’s goooo China!!! ❤

[@domatthew1666]

The next step for Africa would be to build industries to supply the world's needs for goods and services.

[@user-ef6nh1pt6l]

When I was in Elementary school in Beijing, China in early 1980s, there was an National writing competition about Chinese future energy supply. My school district organized local experts, some of them from the Chinese Academy of Science to gave seminars on new energy source: solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, biogas etc. to ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. I still remember those lectures vividly as they were very interesting and inspiring. I am pretty sure some of my classmates became engineers in those fields because of that. I remebered what I wrote was a day's life in 2000, living in a solar powered City, more or less in Sci-fi movie clip fashion. Looking back, you could see some long term government planning on renewable energy.

[@rsinclair689]

China was smart to invest in education. The US should, but doesn't.

[@ericdelevinquiere9902]

The ability to grow plants and raise livestock under the panels in what was a desert is a serious benefit.

[@passurlamer]

No spotted newts to worry about either.

[@davidaustin6962]

Not in this case. That takes careful planning with regard to flora, fauna, panel placement, and other factors. In other setups that is often true though. Solar fields run by organizations intent on maximizing power, tend to do the opposite... poisoning the ground to reduce plant and animal life so that there are fewer birds pooping on the panels.

[@lorenzo42p]

how are they growing plants under the panels? plants need all the light they can get. how do you fit farm equipment under those panels? a bigger taller structure would cost many times more to build. the profit margin is already paper thin if not extremely optimized.

[@maxmustsleep]

​@@lorenzo42p they space them out more. and no more sunlight only helps to a certain degree, at that point the cost of more water evaporating is a bigger issue. there's a video on the topic on this channel but i'm sure you can find other sources too. of course it's more expensive but due to the double usage, reduced water loss and better natural cooling from the plants benefitting the solar panel efficiency it can be a viable option in some places.

[@locacharliewong]

⁠@@lorenzo42p I think you are not being practical enough… 1. Those are desert. Not an arable farmland. So, they are not trying to bring some foods to the tables. They are just growing plants for holding the soils. 2. Not all the plants need sunlight that much. Especially those which can get a foothold in the desert. They prefer some shades as there’s not much water under the ground. 😅

[@unfixablegop]

I was very impressed by the giant horse icon. 🙂

[@TheLoki1983]

Think Genghis.... KAHN!

[@danhtran6401]

And still, number 1 polluters....

[@Scottszb1987]

@@danhtran6401 it's the west relocated industries to China to secure higher profits, enjoy cheaper goods, and reduce local pollution, and now you judging China for being the biggest polluter. fyi per capita carbon emissions in the United States are twice as much as China. I don't know if you are ignorant or evil to say that.

[@passby8070]

​@danhtran6401 but thats very misleading, far behind US and much of Europe in terms of per capita consumption.

[@danhtran6401]

@@passby8070 when US pollutes, at least they're selling energy to other nations, provide global security and necessary services, China doesn't export energy nor provide security...

[@donaldlee8249]

My parents live in southwest China, where over 80% of electricity already come from clean sources, mostly hydroelectric dams and wind, with some of lowest electricity bill in the world at about 0.4 yuan or 5 cents per kwh

[@nowandrew4442]

Fun fact: hydropower is statistically more dangerous, per KWh, than all non-FF sources, because of a single accident at a hydro-electric dam that killed 220,000+ people in the 70s, or something.

[@nickkrug8157]

IT WILL BE GREAT !!!!!!! WHEN THEY HAVE TO DISPOSE OF ALL THOSE CELLS and wind blades !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@donaldlee8249]

@@nowandrew4442 who cares when it’s dirt cheap

[@nowandrew4442]

@@donaldlee8249 the problem with hydroelectric is the ecological impact of creating large reservoir lakes behind the dam. If that impact is minimized then yes it's an ideal option. Though nuclear is better.

[@teatree6228]

@@nowandrew4442coal burning factoris catch fire and coal mines collapse- so dangerous too So how/ ?

[@mrnhl3080]

I have solar in Florida since 2021 and it’s has been great and saving me a ton of money.

[@bbaborh]

Florida is a sunshine stste. It is very suitable to have solar panels.

[@DanBurgaud]

China's south-eastern provinces have massively adopted solar panels for residential use. Several Fujian cities are producing more renewable electricity than they consume.

[@EdwinaTS]

Wow, that's awesome!

[@jackshen5093]

As a Chinese, considering the population density on the eastern coast and the power output of the renewables, I doubt that's true. But I could be wrong

[@nickkrug8157]

IT WILL BE GREAT !!!!!!! WHEN THEY HAVE TO DISPOSE OF ALL THOSE CELLS and wind blades !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ms3862]

Thats a lie, wanna know how I know? Solar panels dont generate power at night

[@leerizer]

​@@jackshen5093 He mentioned several cities, not entire province so maybe he is correct.

[@passurlamer]

16GW for one project is impressive. Niagara Falls only generates about 4.5GW

[@man_at_the_end_of_time]

Peak during the day vs power 24/7. The latter is better.

[@maxmustsleep]

there is no better or worse, we need both. @@man_at_the_end_of_time

[@jchung5265]

@@man_at_the_end_of_timeyou are‘correct’ , that’s why dictator xi has solar tied in with hydro electric, wind turbines, power storage etc 😊

[@yayayayya4731]

three gorges dam is 22GW. Pretty insane

[@americannumber2]

Niagara Falls produces around 2.4 gigawatts!!!

[@peaceonearthgoodwilltowardsmen]

This is awesome. I am a proud American patriot, BUT...I think China is heading towards being the greatest nation on earth, if it isn't already.

[@hc1897]

You know, an average proud Chinese patriot would happily pay tribute to the greatness of America too. People are sensible. Politicians are imbeciles.

[@vesavius]

The gulf between China and the US is that China says 'do it' and it gets done, usually cheaply, while to get anything done in the US is super expensive, slow, and full of red tape. plus, there is no comparison in the manufacturing/ skill base of the two countries. China can simply vastly out build the US on all fronts (yes, including military).

[@dh5380]

Rather than point out differences, I would assert that the biggest problem the two countries have in common is a lack of honest and integral leadership. That is also probably the easiest solvable problem if the people would take to the streets and demand justice and efficiency.

[@monash4250]

It's not really about red tape. It's because the US is hypercapitalist. Nothing, and I mean nothing happens in the US unless there is a profit incentive for private enterprise. And the US is proud of it's private entrepreneurship & industry. The idea is small government & that whatever the government can the private sector can do better & with more efficiency. The the problem with that thinking is that the only incentive is profit & the enrichment of shareholders and not the advancement of the nation or helping the people. And the US govt is in bed with the hyper capitalists. On the other hand China has successfully leveraged their private industry in combination with the planned economics of the government. The two work in tandem & seek to uplift China. Profit & gross margins aren't the only motivation here.

[@yatarookayama8329]

Fact check : Debunk ! China builds cheaply and fast and then in few years collapses , just looks their roads , building , ghost towns or that big Dam that about to break ...

[@Abraktil]

yes but the price to pay is totalitarianism

[@59jm24]

NIMBI's need not apply in China.

[@archstanton_live]

Any country/state/household that goes "low carbon" helps us all and deserves gratitude from the masses.

[@Alexander_Kale]

Look up how small the percentage of personal households is in terms of energy consumption when comapred to the total energy consumption of the country you live in. Then compare that to the ever increasing co2 emissions of china and India. No, households going low carbon do not help the problem. In fact, they do not even "adress" the problem. If you can somehow find a way to speed fusion along or make nuclear powerplants more popular, a single one of those will do more for carbon neutrality than all the co2 savings the households in your country can manage COMBINED.

[@hzhang1228]

@@Alexander_Kale China's carbon emissions have been forecasted to peak around 2025-30, with some forecast suggesting it has already peaked and will decrease in 2024. the per capita emission of the US is twice that of China's, even with China being the factory of the world. if you visit China you see much lower light pollution, apartments have set temperature limits in winter, ect ect. household usage very much matters.

[@dc521977]

@@hzhang1228 Lol, ok CCP propaganda bot. When you have to shut down all the factories in Beijing a month before the Olympics to get air quality barely tolerable I think the bs carbon emissions were probably pretty high.

[@archstanton_live]

@@Alexander_Kale Way to not accept responsibility for your own footprint pal! It falls under the heading of collective consciousness...A hundredth monkey kind of thing.

[@archstanton_live]

@@Alexander_Kale (response part #2) Your thought experiment leaves out a couple of very significant factors: (1) The average developed world "household" emits much more CO2 than the average developing world household. If you are an "American" you tend to be at the higher end of this "household" scale. (2) Much of China's industrial carbon emissions are from making products for export. Many of these products are used in American households. (3) The population of China or India is roughly 4 times that of the US... Thoughts, my friend?

[@seantewillis]

Amazing what you can do when you spend government money on domestic infrastructure that benefits people, rather then waging war all over the world. Someone should be taking notes.

[@DylUlenspiegel]

❤️

[@KayyHong]

But selling bombs and weapons of war is a $238 billion a year industry in you know where.

[@mugnuz]

well china isnt exactly the best example for useful infrastructure... but this example is good of course

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

The US spend about 3% GDP on defense. High for a western country, but low in international comparison and likely less than China.

[@yunko9369]

@@mugnuz Why China isn't exactly the best example for useful infrastructure?

[@000T00b]

We in South Africa have been suffering from load shedding (scheduled power outs on a rotational basis) for many years. In response, the private sector as well as those private households who can, have gone solar. While solar is not the solution to everything, it is definitely a major part of the solution, which will be a multi-modal network of renewables and legacy generation sources to find that balance between peak demand and sustainability. It’s great to see other examples of what is possible to contribute to the global problem. As one other commuter has said, climate change and its consequences I.t.o. extreme weather events are not bound to political borders, it’s a global issue.

[@johnthomas338]

LOL at "climate change", stop spreading the lies of the World Economic Forum... CO2 is 0.038% of the Earth's atmosphere. According to the UN & the IPCC, Nature emits 97% of CO2 - Humankind only emits 3% of CO2. Therefore human emissions of CO2 are 3% of 0.038% = 0.00114%. That's globally. The UK produces 1% of global emissions made by humankind. That's 1% of 0.00114% = 0.000014%. Reducing that last figure to Zero will make absolutely 'zero' difference to us in the UK, nor anyone in the whole world. But the cost of doing so is the shutting down of all forms of life, for the sake of reducing the life giving gas that is CO2, for without it, no plants will grow, no mammals, fish, birds or insects will survive. And even if my figures above are wrong to the extent the UK emissions includes those from Nature, it still will not make a jot of difference. We need to be out there on every public forum, with these figures, stating over and over again that the U.K. is only responsible for 0.000014% of the total CO2 emissions of the entire world (including nature), and that's even before challenging the obvious lie of 'CO2 causes global warming', for which there is no evidence. This single figure alone, 0.000014%, which can easily be worked out by anybody using available figures from the IPCC (and any other of the climate grifters) will demolish the entire 'Net Zero' fiasco, because nobody can defend ruining our entire economy and our entire way of life, to reduce 0.000014% to 'zero'.

[@user-gg7is1rg9w]

My hometown's hydroelectric company, Dongfang Electric Group, has provided many hydroelectric equipment to African countries such as South Africa, hoping that clean energy can benefit humanity worldwide

[@maggiechan33]

No country does anything "out of the goodness of their heart". The Global South, thru experiences with the BRI, knows China offers them the best terms + contracts.

[@hc1897]

That's the spirit. Don't expect charity - fairplay yes, but charity no. Just learn to do business and take care of your own welfare.

[@jerryluan9106]

What China want is simple, if someone go to Beijing and see the Tiananmen square towel, it's still there and always be there. "Long live the People's Republic of China." "Long live the great unity of the people of the world." A world with poor brothers and sisters in Asia, Africa and Latin America is not the world we want to live.

[@DUDIDUAN]

N-type solar panels today are much more efficient than before, in the meantime the cost of it also drop below $14 cents per watts in China. I am worrying the 200~300% tariffs applied ty the US will increase the cost of energy compared to China in the long-term. A real inflation-reduction act would be cut this tariff and lower the energy cost.

[@johnnyhorton5984]

Absolutely brilliant and cutting edge informative as always. Thank you Matt! Love the funny humour too! :)

[@Chinook-tj9bv]

Awesome video... keep up the good work!

[@vonBottorff]

There are all these YT channels that do war history, conflict, and strife. I prefer your channel because you talk about the cool stuff we humans (Home sapiens/faber) do, not the horrible stuff. I want to eventually love China and focus on their cools not bads.

[@kongwee1978]

YT pay lots more for China bads.

[@passby8070]

Yes, the right attitude is the focus on our common good and mutual understanding. I am afraid that the mainstream media outlets and politicians are promoting division, fear and hate to enhance their own profitability and power. I was in China for a few weeks and that completely changed my preception of the country. I recommend anyone to do the same if they have the chance to experience a positive side of humanity they have very little understanding of.

[@MrGuitar1975]

@@sirhultyou should watch his old videos about China then. It’s so much easier to hate China….and makes a lot more money too…

[@peachypietro9980]

Plenty of awesome things being done in China and through their endeavors. Sure, Chinese leaders have done shitty things in the past, but many people think it's ok to throw out everything done well due to that. No more extreme poverty, significantly less general poverty, universal healthcare for 1.4 billion people, pensions for 800+ million, more lenient and less economically burdensome loans to other countries, etc. Plus, if corporate executives conduct themselves fraudulently or negligently, Chinese leadership actually acts on that...as opposed to handing executives MORE money.

[@evergreennj8950]

@@peachypietro9980 Many good points made. When I was in school decades ago, (70s thru the 90s), we learned to love America. The conflict between the British and French colonists was called the French Indian War. The displacement and depopulation of the Native Americans to allow for the US expansion westward as well as enslavement of Africans to sustain and grow the economy of the Southern states were not put through any ethical or moral examination. We never learned in any depth about Western subjugation of Asian civilizations including that of China by the US. It's sad that we are quick to criticize Chinese leaders when US leaders have arguably more to answer to in terms of death and suffering around the world in the past decades and the past 2 centuries.

[@AndrewOzy]

Love your videos, Matt. Whenever I get notified you have a new one posted, I watch ASAP. Your content is informative, refreshing, and balanced. Also, because you're obviously passionate about the material you cover, it really shows in the quality of your KZbin content. Cheers dude!

[@GGN-92]

Thanks for this very interesting report. Take care of yourself!

[@symmetrycompany9934]

China Micro Quanta is building a ten megawatts Perovskite solar power plant at Hangzhou. Production capacity for this new solar panels reached 10MW and phrase II will increase to 1 GW. That is just one of the leading manufacturers. There are many new comers all gearing up for mass production. Future R & D for a tandem Perovskite solar panel, theoretically is 45% - The 455GW can be more than doubled to 1 TW

[@henryzk-ve3ks]

杭州哪里啊？想去参观下

[@symmetrycompany9934]

@@henryzk-ve3ks PV Magazine FEBRUARY 18, 2022 - Chinese perovskite cell maker Microquanta Semiconductor announced on Wednesday the start of construction on a 12 MW ground-mounted solar park in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The facility will be China's first utility-scale solar project integrating perovskite solar modules, (Not HangZhou) 中國鈣鈦礦電池製造商微量子半導體週三宣布，在浙江省衢州市開始建造 12 兆瓦地面太陽能園區。 該設施將是中國第一個整合鈣鈦礦太陽能組件的公用事業規模太陽能項目，

[@dodgygoose3054]

As an Australian seeing China doing what Australia should have been doing for the last 20 years .... But we had the Liberals & Nationals in control of our government who only see into their own fossil fuel donated pockets.

[@ericalan8150]

I'm American so perhaps our labels vary significantly. It's wild to me because I'm nearing my 40s and spent the majority of my life connecting to liberal politics because they were opposite of what you're saying they are. It was conservative Republicans that were all about brute power, war--> fossil fuels. I'm still a liberal thinker though, so to the loud and proud red hatter Internet folks, I'm wrong about everything.

[@passby8070]

Yep, as an Australian, I think Australia as a nation has been quite selfish and short-sighted in our energy policies in the last 20 years. We should have by now to have the cheapest power in the world if the government was doing the right thing for the people.

[@pandabearoceanpark]

That's democracy for you - money wins!

[@BenjiSun]

but... nuclear submarines are so much more important for "job creation", says politicians. /s

[@thereisnospace]

@@pandabearoceanpark thats capitalism not democracy

[@salibaba]

We only have a small roof and have filled it with solar. Due to the limit we hit and being in an urban area the only option for us to build out our renewables was to join a co-operative wind farm project. The turbines are now built and now being connected and commissioned in the next few months. The credits we receive for it should offset most of our household energy use and charging the car. It should also mitigate most of our electricity bill. Renewables is undoubtedly the biggest and easiest win in decarbonisation.

[@tilapiadave3234]

Thank goodness I don't live near you , if I see a windmill I get my angle grinder out immediately

[@plenum6448]

@@tilapiadave3234 What powers your angle grinder?

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@plenum6448 COAL ,, same like a TESLA :)

[@salibaba]

@@tilapiadave3234 well not to worry, I don’t live near any windmills. I think they’re mostly in The Netherlands. 🤨 My wind farm is also quite a while away near the coast

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@salibaba So you can take an angle grinder for a short trip and help improve the world. Make sure to wear your clogs :)

[@OMDMIntl]

Great News Matt!

[@samiktiri]

Excellent episode 💯

[@Peichen01]

One additional method China is tackling the "western generation, eastern consumption" problem with renewable is to encourage tech firms to build data centers, cloud computing, AI training in the western part of the country closer to the power source. This cuts down on the power transmission demand as transferring data west to east is a lot simplier than transmitting gigawatts of electricity.

[@iwantmorenews557]

Not to mention creating high value tech jobs in the poorer western provinces. Chinese government loves solutions that kill several birds with one stone.

[@drippingwax]

Since the world is running out of sand, I want to see solar-powered glass factories in the desert. Everyone says "Just destroy beaches!" No. Desert sand isn't suitable for construction because it has been blown around for millenia and the grains are rounded, but it works for glass, it just tends to be far from the industrial centers in cities.

[@user-xq1wz3tp5z]

Fine report, Matt ... and compliments on the comments team!

[@user-ln7wo7mh8e]

这是一个非常用心的频道，有非常多的字幕跟语言支持。

[@edwardabercrombie1961]

Super interesting, video. The scale of these bases is mind blowing. It'd be interesting to revisit this in a couple of year's time to see how successfully they've tackled the transmission issues.

[@ablam8]

They have been using these big transmission lines for a long time already. USA will have to copy.

[@Gribbo9999]

Love that 21 JigaWatts! I'm old enough to know that the prefix "Giga" was rarely used because it was bigger than almost anything we encountered in daily life when that film was made. Now we almost all have Gigabytes of memory sitting in our pockets and Terabytes on our desks. Science is amazing!

[@bjarterundereim3038]

This seems to be the first really good tech/info channel I have found on KZbin in several months. Sober and knowledgable.

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

In Ontario Canada i'am on the ultra low rate program for home charging, only use super charges

[@Makdrey00]

"Big Fossil Fuels" needs to see the writing on the wall and start investing heavily in green generation plants so an enemy becomes an ally in this fight. We need everyone rowing in the correct direction eventually.

[@funby]

Big Fossil Fuels has already seen the writing on the walls for at least the past decade. In fact pushed them into their "harvest phase" whereby they're trying to extract as much as they can for as long as they can.

[@tripodal69]

where do you think the hype for hydrogen keeps coming from, the easiest source of hydrogen is fossil fuels.

[@leojohn1615]

even the most ardent green activists can surely see that fossil fuels will be needed in some applications for several decades yet. Fossil fuels not investing in ramping up production due to the risk of lower future demand of fossil fuels is already contributing to higher fuel prices which hurts alot of people in society. How about we build the replacement before we stop extracting the fuel that is currently needed for almost every aspect of daily life.

[@RickJW-OSM]

"'Big Fossil Fuels' Use us and nobody gets hurt."

[@leojohn1615]

@@valleyofiron125 firstly people dont really do that outside the US where fuel prices are much higher. Secondly if fuel prices were cheap there wouldnt be so many old people who cant heat their homes in winter.

[@andreasjunkpost]

Gave me a good feeling for the future to see this great installation.

[@_serjzeras]

As a brazilian I feel very bad thinking that our country has a similar potential (in terms of sustainable energy), but our bureaucracy and - of course - a corrupt government at many levels does not allow us to reach it. It's bizarre how our energy bills are so expensive considering our energy sources.

[@seanmccambridge8950]

Thanks!

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks so much!

[@7_of_9]

The advantage of starting late is that newer solar technology can provide the same amount of power using half of the capacity. Solar and battery storage is really everything that's need to use the power of the Sun. Oil companies knew that when the electric vehicle was created 50 years before gas vehicles

[@richarddaigle8777]

Electric vehicles existed before the combustion engine, as they were invented in the 1820's.

[@robinsterne3926]

Starting early though means selling the technology to other. Think Denmark.

[@nunocarmona]

@@robinsterne3926 Well, we tried that in Portugal and went wrong: we import basically all the RES technology we install. If we had waited for the technology to get cheaper and put in place competitive feed-in tenders earlier, we'd have been paying less in our electricity bills today.... Hey,but renewable electric generation shares are great nowadays! Let's stay positive

[@robinsterne3926]

@@nunocarmona it's always a monetary consideration, where we have arguments for an against implementing green energy solutions. Umtimately though we subside meat production like crazy because people like meat, so I think we can afford to subsidize saving the world too, when it's not monetarily profitable.

[@nunocarmona]

@@robinsterne3926 we Don’t subsidise meat more than any other agricultural product, here. And governments don’t subsidise because people want to buy. They do it because of producers ( who wouldn’t survive otherwise). It’s a lobby

[@AnthonyJGianotti]

You should do a deep dive on electricity transmission over long distances. I.e. high voltage, dc transmission, etc. because as you eluded all the green energy production in the world doesn’t mean anything if it can’t get where it’s needed…

[@Fabian3331234333]

3% loss over 1000miles are no problem

[@john38825]

You should look into it because it's not a big problem at all. Rough average in US loses 15% energy from generation to you getting it, about 2-3% is lossed from transmission lines. The giant state wide long distance transmission lines are on more efficient side. Solar farms are not expected to even double that number, today's problem is funding and zoning the lines. The bigger thing is energy isn't actually transmitted across the country directly. We in SC have paid for power from Arizona before, like many other states paying for our of state power but as this goes though many states it's a great example. They generate it and give it to the city next to it and then the power they generate is given to city next to it continuously untill the generation next to where you live makes power for you. It's not actually directly going from out of state generation to you.

[@stephankyle6460]

How does the electricity get to my house now? That's right long power lines.

[@AnthonyJGianotti]

@@Fabian3331234333 if my understanding of electric current & transmission is correct dc transmission suffers only from resistive not capacitative generation loss vs ac which suffers from all 3 and leads to ac losses of 5-10% per 1000km (not miles) vs dc which incurs losses of 2-3% per 1000km. As such DC overcomes its steep step up costs (ie the cost of stepping voltage and converting to useable ac power on localized grids) after 600-1000km and can theoretically take power very efficiently from say the Sahara to Europe or Arizona to New York. Whereas with all the power loss incurred by ac transmission, these are not viable distances to transmit ac power over. Also since dc doesn’t suffer from capacitative or inductive losses you could theoretically transmit at far higher voltages closer to the ground. If we’re to truly go green we need to generate power where the sun shines and the wind blows which is typically very far away from where people actually live. As such it seems like a viable topic to explore in more depth…

[@longforgotten4823]

We made sure our legislature in Minnesota was prepared to offer incentives for building direct current lines last legislative session. We adopted 100% renewable by 2040.

[@MarkRadion]

This is so freakin´ amazing!

[@lokvid]

I just discovered the translated audio channels of this Video. The German Translation ist really great and has the original voice. AI is great!

[@andyfeimsternfei8408]

That's 1/3 of the total US generation capacity.

[@lorenzo42p]

still believe it's real? I don't trust anything that comes from the government of china. this place is a base? I assume that means military, or at least government owned.

[@ronm6585]

I think this is a great idea Matt. Thanks for sharing.

[@jayceh]

1) theres no way the US can manufacture solar as cheaply and in the high quality of Chinese panels 2) the UHDV transmission lines are not ready in the US because of land use regulations 3) Chinese coal plants are replacing 50+ year old coal plants with 5x more efficiency. They've added 50% more net coal capacity in the last 10 years but metric tons of coal consumed has grown less than 0.4% per year.

[@apoorhorseabusedbycenk]

1. Main reason slave labour and no regulations on environmental protections. 2. America doesn't really need to transport power 1000's of km's. 3. You don't understand anything. 5

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

Driven from Picos Texas to Midland Texas, took about 2 hours. From oil extraction its now an industrial wasteland, perfect location for a massive solar farm.

[@longforgotten4823]

We have dams in the United States suffering the same problems, and the government that seems to not want to spend money on infrastructure. It’s not necessarily a China problem. It is a corporate and government cutting corners issue.

[@dertythegrower]

corpocracy 🙃

[@robertadams4942]

Floating solar on dams can boost power.

[@darrylbraymore]

What the Nordic nations realized is that if you can't use it immediately or store it, it becomes waste. Earth batteries could solve this problem but I have not heard of a large deployment yet.

[@passby8070]

large deployment it's already here, it can also convert into hydrogen or ammonia for shipping and trucks...

[@growtocycle6992]

Three gorges dam. Plenty of"storage capacity"

[@user-ic9ym3wt5i]

Excellent episode

[@travelvidscom]

Amazing!

[@copacelu93]

A video acknowledging China's efforts to decarbonise? Damn, that takes guts I'm looking forward to seeing all the very calm and nuanced takes in the comment section

[@jchung5265]

We heard about dictator xi’s achievement in poverty alleviation that’s all lies! And he talks like mike pompeo !😯😉

[@leftward_hoe]

he said "two steps forward but one step back" as if we can't do the math and understand that is still one step forward. unlike here in the United States where we are doing everything in our political power to stand still while wondering how a place like China could be progressing past us.

[@jchung5265]

KZbin shows a lot of visitors from the “west “ , showing us the real china. We don’t have to look at their videos as ccp propaganda !😅😉

[@blackhole606]

Will they criticize China or solar power? By looking at the comments, it seems that it's mostly solar power. It feels like a remnant of the utopic Sahara Solar Farm Project idea which came up few years ago.

[@jamesmoy1214]

@@blackhole606never heard of it. Could you please elaborate about that project?

[@CleanTechReimagined]

Building huge solar projects is a great way to produce energy at extremely low costs. High voltage DC transmission lines can then bring this energy to where it’s needed with minimal losses. Curtailment can also be avoided by using the electricity generated to produce clean fuels on site, and then those fuels transported to other places.

[@user-jc2bw2yh2f]

thanks👍

[@micheljauvin3536]

good work

[@Hydrogen101]

Excellent topic. I wish they had a visitor’s center.

[@publicmail2]

Yea it's a wonderful country and government, you'll love it.

[@Hydrogen101]

@@publicmail2 I didn’t say anything about the government. It’s a shame tourism isn’t more popular because China has a massive portion of the earth and there are so many wonders to see. That’s all I’m saying.

[@goldengregory1]

You do realize that it's China...Western China that he's talking about.

[@turtlesoup8134]

@@Hydrogen101 It is getting more popular to travel to China since they made many visa exemptions deal with many countries. You probably can travel to China for 144 hours without visa.

[@sleepyjoe4529]

@@publicmail2 keep staying butthurt

[@GCMartin4Collaboration]

My hat is off to the leadership China is showing and their willingness to cooperate with their neighbors of India and Mongolia. This is a healthy position and a well deserved behavior for all of mankind to learn from!

[@garrett6064]

China is in a constant skirmish with India at their border and has taken Indian land by gunpoint. Part of Mongolia is disputed land with China. Tibet used to be a country, not a province. (As did a few others in the region.) In 1979 China tried to invade Vietnam but lost. Laos joined China's Belt and Road, and now China owns the entire power grid there. China gives generous lines to poor countries for things that they can't afford and then ends up giving China mineral rights, seaports, or military bases. China is not a friendly neighbor.

[@garrett6064]

@Jonathan-jp4zz I'm correcting the OP of this thread. But speaking of bots... I follow 6 news stations dedicated to China and don't know anyone in the governments name beside Xi Jinping, let alone their positions or educational background. I daresay one would have to understand the language and follow local Chinese news to know that. Or you just made it up. Also, any Westerner would know the CIA can not operate inside the US and certainly doesn't care what some kid on youtube thinks. Lastly, you weren't tagged by me, which means you came back to this post to follow up on it voluntarily. Who does that? People who are posting for their job. To summarize: 1) you have an unnatural knowledge of the inner workings of the CCP. 2) you don't know simple western civilization facts. 3) you follow up on your posts like people who do this for their job. 4) you immediately jump to "bot" as an insult. I think because you've already been called one more than a few times. I think it's obvious who the paid employee who is here.

[@garrett6064]

@@Jonathan-jp4zz can't debate fact.

[@GCMartin4Collaboration]

Where are you sourcing that info, excepting the border skirmiskes? Your slant on history is not factual according to the accounts. Even your depiction "gunpoint at the border" is not totally factual, Viet-Nam invasion is not supported with historical facts. Why and where did you get this? @@garrett6064

[@GCMartin4Collaboration]

@@garrett6064 I sense that you share a hatred where you look for efforts to discredit achievement based upon that. If any human or any country creates usefulness to mankind and those around them, I, personally not only cherish that behavior but ALSO welcome that. For a country that has existed for 12000 years in keeping its borders, has been put upon by so many in the world; and, to provide the thoughtful behaviors it shows to get to this point in human history with what they do to help others over the past 75 years, is an accomplishment. They do not invade others and seek no known attempts to not be fair in their dealings with those countries that they help. They are NOT a BANANA REPUBLIC (I'm sure you know who that pertains to) that you might find joy in that knowledge. Why dont you just give then credit in their efforts to reduce the world's carbon footprint as it benefits mankind? And for their efforts to help disadvantaged countries, as all the BRIC countries are doing to help, I think things like this, being shared by this video's author, needs more of us being aware of this fact and benefit happening in the world. If YOU want to pick on some country, start with the century old "banana republic" that still is stifling. That's just one of the many inequities occurring.

[@rocko44444444]

I like the connection of the Chinese topic and incogni advert. :D

[@jamesbensonjazzguitar4824]

Thanks for sharing this demonstration of real and potential desert-based solar power.

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks for watching and the support!

[@gfbprojects1071]

I have always said that if any country is going to lead the world in the transition to cleaner energy it would be a country with a dense population, vibrant industry, and the most to gain from a clean environment eg: China. There are still a lot of road blocks in the way but China seems to be in the right path.

[@T3nno]

China truly has mandate of heaven. god bless them!

[@TheSoundTownDotCom]

Enjoyed the video on the arguments. Could you get better transfer efficiency by having huge 'battery trains' or cargo ships if exporting abroad. Like the salt batteries.

[@rjhayward1]

Thank you for bring this to our attention. Desert Power, sounds like Dune!

[@Joey-Pan1898]

Most time we Chinese are learning from USA, happy to see people learning something from us

[@robertadams4942]

They're using technology developed in Australia by Professor Martin Green.

[@Mfields4517]

@@robertadams4942 and america runs on oil burning invented by Germans… who cares who invented it? Lol

[@rubenmartinez4555]

Dr. Brown: 1.21 gigwatts!!.... 1.21 gigawatts!!... Marty: what the hell is a gigawatt??! China: hold my panda

[@bekind2047]

Every panel counts - no matter where! Same for other renewables.

[@WastedContender]

you can see the checkboard technique they use to regreen the desert at 1:51. it prevents erosion and is really lowtech, easy to reproduce.

[@tonysofla]

40% of all cars registered in China are EV (around 800'000 sold a month), and 90% of scooters. Air quality in their many 20Million cities are already much better, some days better than Paris.

[@texanplayer7651]

Yeah... not yet... Not until they got rid of the pesky coal plants

[@bugsygoo]

@@texanplayer7651Yes, what he says is 100 percent true. I know; I check Beijing and Paris air quality every day. Only issue there is that Paris is not a great city to compare to.

[@jchung5265]

Dictator xi tries to improve quality of life for a billion people ,far cry from the days of heavy pollution!

[@texanplayer7651]

@@bugsygoo Hate to break it to you, but China actively hoses the air with water trucks just before any air quality check to greatly reduce the concentration of dust and fine particles in the air. There are plenty of videos out there showing those trucks actively helping to fudge the data. So I wouldn't really trust those numbers.

[@sleepyjoe4529]

@@bugsygoo and yet no one ever writes articles about Paris whereas the lamestream media is always bashing China. Gee I wonder why?

[@webster853]

All top -10 biggest solar panel farms in the world are at the level of 2 to dozens of GWs, and none of them are in the US.

[@tobiastaraba9672]

holy shit the ai audio track trips me off dmn this is so advanced I need a video on how you did that. Soooo interesting!

[@scottkolaya2110]

Love that a video about solar is prefaced with an ad for fossil fuels.

[@paulheffernan7769]

So why are they still building coal plants? Are these systems actually connected or just for show? Hopefully they actually work but I will wait and see.

[@wheatley1866]

Because their energy demand is still increasing at an incredible rate unlike europe or the united states

[@tomboss9940]

It's not predominantly about "green" but about independence. To be independent from oil imports is the main target. To get cheap green energy is a nice bonus. So, homegrown coil is acceptable in the short term as well.

[@markthomasson5077]

I suspect as they where started few years ago, before solar became so cheap. The coal plants won’t make money, a few may never even run?

[@205rider8]

It’s called transition.

[@treeinafield5022]

New more efficient coal power plants are replacing old less efficient ones.

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

A video about a Chinese solar station that get zero mention in the title or description of the video. Why is the US solar station being even mentioned ,solely, in the description !

[@teatree6228]

Beijing dark cloud is from the sand storm blowing in from inner and outer mongolia

[@jwestney2859]

Solar AND wind AND fission! We need all of them at scale and more.

[@wanglius]

Well solar power is somehow fission, too.

[@paulchamberlain7942]

Before criticizing any aspect of another independent country, consider the default environment where the US uses all means, political, industrial and military to undermine and destroy such independent systems. That is why those that appear to succeed,, must have in place vast resources and effective strategies just to maintain their right to independent existence free from foreign interference. So well done to China, and indeed Russia, for against all odds, being able to build a strong economy and enough military might to keep the US from destroying them.

[@ltribley]

China's Massive Renewal Energy Projects We were in China last fall for 5 weeks and saw renewable projects in many areas. Driving West on the Interstate (Expressway) heading to Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert we saw solar farms and MASSIVE wind farms on either side of the highway as far as one could see off into the horizon. I've seen large wind farms before but nothing ever like these. [China's Use of PASSIVE SOLAR China has used specially designed passive solar hot water systems for DECADES and you see them on rooftops of many homes and buildings both in rural and urban areas so the concept of renewal energy has been a mainstay, "no brainier" for most and very well received.] --------- In the U..S. expect to see much of the renewable energy funding "laundered". In the U.S. much of the "so called" government incentives into renewables were "political incentives" from the Democrats to pay back their large corporate and oligarch supporters historically similar to the Republicans using government funds to reward their fossil fuel supporters. Don't expert to see the level of positive outcomes projected from these "government subsidies". Instead expect to see the typical favoritism, underperformance, abuses, and corporate greed we see wiith most other government funded projects. Little fiscal oversight was built into these programs.

[@Alexander_Kale]

Meanwhile in China, as long as you report positive numbers, it does not matter how much energy you actually produce.

[@sylvestertomcat8988]

ALL & everything will be good 👍

[@old-pete]

Doubtful. We are humans.

[@MrZeDeathcaller]

Matt! I'm surprised about the work you've done on this video for the French audience (And probably for others non-english speakers). As I'm french myself, I was shocked (In a good way) to hear your voice over a French script. Firstly, not many people are using the second audio for their videos, and secondly you're doing it with your own voice! I suppose it's an IA thing, and a good way to use one.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

I don't have a real problem with China building new coal plants as well, the bigger question there is: how fast are they decommissioning old coal power plants? As good as renewable energy is, if you have hundreds of GW in solar, you are missing those hundreds of GWs at night. And you still want your country to have power at night, so you need something. And while gas would be a cleaner option, China doesn't really have any gas reserves of its own so if you want some independence, you have to go with what you have, and that's coal in this case. But at the end of the day, if you translate China's pollution on a per capita basis, they are still far behind number 1. And that's maybe an even more important message. Because China's GHG emissions might be peaking this year and go in decline from next year onward (just like their population) but the same cannot be said for some other major polluters in this world.

[@Gris59]

Every Chinese coal powered plant is more efficient than the same American plant in the same category.

[@kongwee1978]

Couple hundreds of inefficient coal plant still running in China. That why China is installing 2 coal plant per week up to 2025. @@Gris59

[@Kriss_L]

China isn't going green - they are building more coal plants. They need as much power from everything they can build.

[@ruedelta]

Keep in mind it is coal capacity, not usage. The new ones are for peaking/load following. The old ones are being decommissioned as clean energy takes their place.

[@hesichen]

Many energy storage option are available to guarantee energy output during continuos insufficient solar exposure (bad weather) lasting days even weeks, some of them are well consolidated technology, like the one based on molten salt.

[@sarcasmo57]

Everyone else needs to get on with it.

[@nzoomed]

I wonder how they will deal with keeping those solar panels clean from the desert dust settling on them during wind storms? Perhaps a teflon type coating might work, but its an issue for any solar install, but with the sheer number of these things, it would be a massive issue to deal with cleaning them.

[@0xTK]

clean robot

[@icns01]

This was awesome edutainment! Very well researched and presented. Say what you want about China, no one can deny that their positive achievements are truly inspirational. "Every rose has its thorns"...I genuinely hope this green tech build succeeds, its in the worlds interest!

[@DK-yz9xk]

Lmao I remember how the USA claimed that china were building nuke missile silos in the desert, and it turns out they used a zoomed out photo of a solar farm 😂😂😂

[@usbsnowman]

Newbie questions: 1) How do they keep the panels from getting buried over time by sand storms? 2) Won't the glass surfaces suffer from micro pitting over time as they get hit by wind blown sand and dust, causing them to fog over, decreasing their efficiency?

[@drewharrison6433]

Maintenance is always an ongoing process. There were clips in this video of panels being cleaned by workers. All other forms of energy generation also require maintenance.

[@Alexander_Kale]

To number one: By constant effort. They will have to constantly clean the solar panels from dust and sand. With a project this large, it will cost a lot of money and water, but it is doable. To number two: Solar panels in general are pretty durable, but yes, they will suffer damage over time. Especially since they ar likely going to use their own domestic productions, which are of massively lower quality than what you would find in the west. But since this is a state project, I don't think they will have problems acquiring replacement panels whenever one breaks. And they also have the desert nearby for dumping broken ones.

[@tallest4eva]

​@@Alexander_KaleThere's a lot of the same old anti Chinese propaganda that plagues the West in this comment. For the most part Chinese solar panel manufacturing is not lower quality than Western ones. In fact most solar panels in the West are imported from China. Just like with EV batteries, Chinese multinationals now lead the world in many green tech sectors because of 2 decades of effort.

[@prachuap2164]

@@Alexander_Kale Why you think that Chinese solar panels are "of massively lower quality than what you would find in the west"? Do you know what you find in the west? Mostly Chinese solar panels! While Europe and North America make up more than one-third of the global demand for solar panels, both regions make up an average of just under 3% each across all stages of actually manufacturing solar panels.

[@Alexander_Kale]

@@prachuap2164 And do you know WHY you mostly find chinese solar panels in the west? Because Germany, for example, faile to protect its native solar panel manufacturers thorugh tariffs on cheap chinese imports, so they all went bankrupt. Not because chinese panels were BETTER, just because they were cheaper. And why were chinese panels cheaper? because China doesn't give a flying fig about environmental regulations during producion. Who cares if your industrial runoff goes into the drinking water of the nearby village. Pay off the next official and you are golden. Not quite as easy in th west....

[@philclarke4914]

Excellent video, thank you. These solar cells and wind turbines should especially be built near coastlines to use the energy to covert sea-water into H2 +O2 for powering ships, cars, maybe aircraft too.

[@thechloromancer3310]

Chiming in from Beijing: I didn't experience power black-out in 2021... but Beijing is a very big city. It is possible I just wasn't in the effected zone. As for pollution: we've had a few really bad days in the past few years, but smog generally stopped being a common problem in this city well over ten years ago. Factories moved further from the city centre, or to other cities entirely, taking their pollution out of sight (for us, at least).

[@wanglius]

The new air problem for Beijing and northern china is now the nation of Mongolia. The Mongolian gov is basically doing nothing to halt the ultra fast desertification of Mongolian soil and is creating the very biggest environmental cancer of the world.