[ZeroGravitas]

> China is going to absolutely OWN the US on energy policy unless we get our head in the game.

Pretty much already has. Their wind, solar and hydro build out has slightly outpaced their nuclear as well.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-elec-by-source?coun...

[vlovich123]

I guess a nuclear reactor is only 2 typical coal plants so they'll need to 10x their current nuclear capacity to get rid of coal.

The only annoying thing is they're still building coal plants. I don't understand what I'm missing since nuclear is supposed to be cheaper. Maybe SNF still poses a logistical challenge they can't handle vs venting CO2 into the atmosphere.