China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

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    10 months ago

    renewables are not vanity regardless of country

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      10 months ago

      China regularly does vanity projects to get positive headlines. Mass tree planting has been a popular one, the trees are generally all dead in a year or two, but they got the pro environment headline.

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        10 months ago

        yes, most replanted trees die regardless. forest coverage is up and thats what matters.