Just like that China is making one of America's biggest advantages, it's huge fossil fuel reserves, irrelevant. I don't think it can be stated enough how big of a geopolitical game changer these advances in renewable energy are.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago

And the funny part is that the US managed to remind everyone why it's so fucking important to move off fossil fuels by fucking up global energy supply.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

china's going to invent the first method to somehow trap photons in some sort of photonic turbine and free us from the demon that is steam forever

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

https://knowledge.energyinst.org/new-energy-world/article?id=139989

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical CO2 power generator, it has been reported.

The generator, which uses [supercritical] CO2 instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s south-western province of Guizhou to produce electricity from waste heat, the South China Morning Post has reported.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

mfw that's what solar power is anyway matt