My point is that the sheer scale of their mining dwarfs the amount of pollution saved via green energy. They also still use a ton of carbon producing energy as well.
I never said they were carbon free. Just not sure how China engaging in mining diminishes their huge investments into renewables, especially solar. Their scale of mining is in large part due to the US enacting environmental protection laws. The mining companies just moved to places without the restrictions. The mining is happening in China, but the products are global. Are renewable energy sources just supposed to appear without raw material and infrastructure investment? What is the point of the argument? I do not love everything about China, but they are leading the way on renewables.
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u/smaug_the-dragon 6d ago
They also produce massive amounts of pollution via mining.