update to this classic with some recent headlines
Do something, win.
Green energy is good, but I’m sceptical of China’s intentions these days. They seem to have a pretty aggressive stance towards other countries, as seen in their handling of the nine-dash line.
I just get the sense that China is less interested in helping the whole world, and more interested in subjugating the whole world.
The Brazilian petrol company has been broadcasting a “fair energy transition” ad (Fair only to the company shareholders!) while working to drill oil from the Amazon, so that first line of the meme really reminds me of this.
to be fair the brazilian petrol company is mostly controlled by gringos at this point.
after temer and bolsonaro furthered its privatization, i mean.
An easy solution to make renewable energy more acceptable by political and economic elites is to physically demolished the other energy infrastructure so that they will be left with no choice but to pivot towards renewables instead of big clumsy easy to hit power stations. Works like a charm but there’s a catch.
As a whole, we need to get better at physically demolishing the infrastructure of evil. Palestine Action showed us that direct actions like sabotage of factories is very effective at forcing changes. So effective that they got labeled terrorists for it.
In the end of the day the only thing that matters is how a bunch of old guys feel about the way that thing makes them look
I’m just thinking abt the environmental impacts in the local area if there are guerrilla attacks on oil rigs. It could damage ecosystems like the oil spill that happened 10-20 years ago
why go that far - how about the environmental impact of shelling the area with all sorts of munitions? Pretty much the entirety of russian-occupied territory since 2022 is rendered into a literal dead moonscape and even decades later (if this shit ever ends) a good chunk of that land will remain a red zone filled with all sorts of bad things.
For anyone that’s not twigged it yet
They’re already turning this into another culture war to ensure they can continue to enrich the establishment.
The petrochemical industry has a lot of money to burn on propaganda if it’s facing an existential threat.
Remember this when you read anything other than “we should be decarbonising as quickly as possible”
The best thing for everyone (in basically every possible way) except petrochemical shareholders is heavy investment in renewable technology and the ending of petrochemical subsidies.
Turning? It’s been a culture war topic for decades already now
if you can’t stuff the sun into barrels and sell it for outrageous profits, is it even of any use?
https://www.reflectorbital.com/ https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/the-dangers-of-sunlight-as-a-service
I love capitalism so much
if you can’t stuff the sun into barrels and sell it for outrageous profits
H-bomb confirmsThe next move is probably them selling solar “subscriptions” where you don’t pay the full price of panels/storage but instead pay a monthly fee that works out to way more than the cost of installation in the long run
I may not like many of what I know of China’s policies (genocide, suppression of free speech etc.), but this is one of the things they have done well.
The only genocide that’s being committed today is the one that’s happening in Gaza with the direct involvement of western regimes. Full stop.
No, China is not commiting genocide. The best and most comprehensive resource I have seen so far is Qiao Collective’s Xinjiang: A Resource and Report Compilation. Qiao Collective is explicitly pro-PRC, but this is an extremely comprehensive write-up of the entire background of the events, the timeline of reports, and real and fake claims.
I also recommend reading the UN report and China’s response to it. These are the most relevant accusations and responses without delving into straight up fantasy like Adrian Zenz, professional propagandist for the Victims of Communism Foundation, does.
Tourists do go to Xinjiang all the time as well. You can watch videos like this one on YouTube, though it obviously isn’t going to be a comprehensive view of a complex situation like this. Even with all of the real complexities, though, nothing material measures up to claims of genocide.
As for “freedom of speech,” it’s largely capitalist speech that is suppressed. As class struggle is very much alive in China, they can’t let the bourgeoisie take control of the media and manufacture consent for its own ends.
based cowbee
genocide
Wasn’t there a pic of Xinjiang and Gaza being shared to show that this was western exaggeration and blame shifting?
what until you see how much more genocide & suppression the united states has inflicted upon the world. lol
¿por que no lo dos?
Both are terrible. But in the light of the absolute state of the world, China’s a much lesser evil.
That’s a laughing matter to you?
you have to laugh at the absurdity of the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to genocide & suppression; especially so when the american pot is SO MUCH blacker than the chinese kettle.
and laughing becomes a coping strategy when an overwhelming majority of americans and other westerners have swallowed so much propaganda that they willfully & sometimes violently remain ignorant of it.
You’re not seriously suggesting that china is any better. They are part of the system. They just recognized that selling solar pannels and stuff to othercountries is very profitable.
does China also host military US bases in their country? If not, they’re not part of the system.
They just recognized that selling solar pannels and stuff to othercountries is very profitable.
If it was very profitable, countries and companies would be falling over each other to do it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production
China is in first place with 32% of global renewable electricity production. They have built more solar capacity than the rest of the world has ever had installed in one year. No other countries are anywhere close to the green acceleration they have purposefully spearheaded for themselves and the world.
Your source also compares the renewalable percentage of overall electricity production, where China lands at roughly spot 100, placing it near Poland.
placing it near Poland
and well above the US, France and Japan
per capita consumption mix is probably a more useful comparison
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-source-stackedI’d really like to see a graph with per GDP energy consumption mix as well. Most of the countries with better mix than China have a fraction of the GDP.
“China bad”
The PRC is a socialist country, they aren’t “part of the same system.” Unless you mean that they do trade with the rest of the world, but that’s true of all countries. The PRC is far better than the US, and it isn’t close.
They installed a shitload of it too though. They’re not just selling it.
It’s always business, irrelevant if you sell petrol or solar cells. But last is way better for the environment, while fossil fuel destroy it.
Not good, but still better. sadly
