Could China and India get more electricity by investing the same amount in new solar production instead of coal?

China installed more solar capacity in 6 months than the US has installed in its entire existence [1]

To say they’re winning the race implies there even is a race.

It’s a super car vs a snail.

	▲	strictnein 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The US has the second most and has 1/4th the population. We're barely behind them in solar watt per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_by_country#Global_... Many countries on that list dwarf China in a solar watts per capita, so are they winning this hypothetical race then? But sure, them adding that alongside all of their new coal plants is nice. Also, they waste the most solar energy of any country. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-leads-wave-cle...