this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
205 points (92.2% liked)

Technology

3964 readers
193 users here now

Which posts fit here?

Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.


Post guidelines

[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.


Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original linkPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.


Companion communities

!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip


Icon attribution | Banner attribution


If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

China is “set up to hit grand slams,” longtime Chinese energy expert David Fishman told Fortune. “The U.S., at best, can get on base.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Coal use isn’t cast as a sign of villainy, as it would be among some circles in the U.S. – it’s simply seen as outdated. This pragmatic framing, Fishman argued, allows policymakers to focus on efficiency and results rather than political battles.

There's truly something for western politicians to learn from this

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Also: China’s construction of new coal-power plants ‘reached 10-year high’ in 2024

It doesn't seem like this "AI expert" knows a lot about anything. Perhaps he is too high on his own supply, getting all his knowledge from hallucinating chatbots.

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hmm that is alarming then. To be honest I didn't read the complete article, which you linked, but on first glance paints a very different picture.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

this is the most vapid post in a thread of vapid posts. Congrats

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Their solar is reaching a 10 year high and there's even talks about more nuclear reactors

That's the advantage of government ownership of all land: Fuck the NIMBYs

You are acting like they are regressing

They aren't, and their infrastructure that we spent 2 decades laughing about, ghost cities and 12 lane highways

They are poised for the greatest economic boom in human history, and WE could have had it if crony capitalism hadn't shuffled 95% of all gains in the last 50 years to the pockets of the ultra wealthy

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

I don't think the GOP is racing to build coal plants. They just use coal as a political tool to win votes. And when they win, the idiots that think Republicans are going to save their coal jobs get what they deserved.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That we should build more coal plants to ´win´ the AI race?

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago

If we lose the AI race it is likely the end of us as a nation economically, so either we make more coal plants or collapse.

None of you really understand exponential growth, this is a fact of human biology.