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China’s Clean Technology Is Made of Dirty Metals
No other country is installing renewable power at the same speed, but blistering electricity demand makes it very hard for renewables to keep pace.
Pushing in opposite directions.
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Two months ago, the world’s governments signed on to an ambitious program for decarbonization. The capacity of renewable power worldwide would triple by 2030, while energy efficiency would improve at double existing rates, delegates to the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai agreed.
Right now, those two objectives are pushing in opposite directions.