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Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

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Re: Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

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Wouldn't it be better to just go with nuclear? Isn't this a gigantic waste of space and overhead to maintain it? And how "renewable" are the materials used to produce these?

Nuclear still have to deal with nuclear waste.

> gigantic waste of space

Good thing China isn’t running out of space

Re: Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

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Also worth checking out some of the mega projects on Open Infrastructure Maps like this one in central China. https://openinframap.org/#9.12/36.0832/100.4215/A,B,L,P,S

This planet-scale map of the global electricity network is incredible.

Re: Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

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Meanwhile, in London, UK, local council doesn't allow you to put anything on your rooftop that doesn't gel with the Victorian look..

The UK is actually world leading in wind electricity generation (especially offshore). So it's not all bad.
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