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[–] 10 points 2 months ago

"Net Zero by 2040" is actually a fairly realistic goal since the AI bubble will burst WAY before then.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Can't have combined cycle, need that water to cool the datacenters 🤦‍♂️

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Meanwhile, although this is going on there, China is massively funding every renewable tech possible to be built to turn over their reliance on fossil fuels as quickly as possible. Making the Earth better, gaining robust energy independence, and moving things on from the 20th century.

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    Correct, but these are also built to be turned off as soon as their growing renewable grid can handle peak power in the most densely populated regions. They specifically use coal because that is abundant to China, and within it's plan for independence as well, and grants them a lot of security again foreign influences.

    They are trying really hard to bring fission power into this, but their Houlong and Linlong plants are just to cumbersome to build quickly, and they are working on a network of smaller fast neutron, and thorium reactors, which they can sustain easily without foreign supply chains.

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