China has distracted the USA energy focus by dumping cheap solar panels here while continuing to develop advanced nuclear generation capabilities at home.

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ragebol an hour ago | parent | next [-]

China is simply betting on all horses: solar, wind, thorium, batteries, coal even, anything to not buy foreign oil and be as independent, self-sufficient as possible. Seems like it's working too

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DougN7 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Seems like a wise thing to do too.

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ragebol 39 minutes ago | parent [-]

Yup.. Happens to align somewhat with climate goals too, luckily for the rest of us. Once solar+batteries becomes the cheapest form of generation, the coal usage should also drop, if that isn't already the case

	▲	JumpCrisscross 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Once solar+batteries becomes the cheapest form of generation, the coal usage should also drop Marginal versus bulk. It can make sense, economically, to keep building coal plants even if solar is cheaper if you’re building solar as fast as you can and still need more power.

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lordofgibbons an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

How exactly has it distracted the U.S?

I don't see the U.S rushing to adopt either renewables or nuclear. We're just increasing our fossil fuel burning (natural gas).