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tim333 · 2026-01-15T14:45:18 1768488318

China did most of its rising on fossil fuels. I think they are fairly pragmatic as to what to use.

detritus · 2026-01-15T21:50:46 1768513846

But now their ascendance will be largely built on renewables which, due to our ineptitude here in the west, we've handed them the ball.

Good luck to them, because someone has to.

kiba · 2026-01-15T13:35:13 1768484113

Everyone's rising on renewables. Renewable energy is just a victim of a heavily polarizing political atmosphere.

margalabargala · 2026-01-15T13:29:09 1768483749

> my worry is can renewables be quickly brought online to power industry / power hungry Data Centers etc at a reasonable cost

I mean, clearly the answer is yes. The problem is political, not economic.

zingar · 2026-01-16T07:18:48 1768547928

Could you spell out the “clearly yes” part of this? I’d love it to be true but even more than that I’d like to have an answer to the climate sceptics.