China has left the US so behind in power generation capacity, that is not even funny.>It was only in recent years that I added hydro, as China is building more dams than the rest of the world combined as well, with the biggest by one measure, the Three Gorges Dam, entering commercial operation in 2012. It’s dwarfed by a dam under construction in the far west of the country which is expected to enter operation in the mid-2030s.>In part that’s because the USA’s electrical generation has been stagnant for years. Some of that is due to some efficiency measures, but far from all of it. USA’s efficiency metric of energy services vs rejected energy — almost entirely waste heat from burning fossil fuels — hasn’t really budged since 2015. The USA really isn’t electrifying its economy or building renewables quickly.>But China is electrifying its economy much more quickly than the USA is as well. China has 44,000 km of electrified high-speed passenger and freight rail, while the USA has about 140 km of higher-speed electrified passenger rail and no electrified heavy rail. China has massive electrified transit systems in all of its cities, including around 700,000 electric buses, while most US cities have much weaker transit systems and few non-diesel buses. China has over 500,000 electric trucks on its roads, while the USA is just getting started. Of course, China is by far the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles of all sizes, from personal mobility devices like skateboards and scooters to e-bikes to cars. China has a pair of 700-unit container ships running 1,000 km routes on the Yangtze powered by swappable batteries.https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/01/usa-china-electricity-generation-twh-co2e-trajectories-since-2000-are-startling/How are you going to power your factories and data centers if you don't have electricity burgers?
>>523941225Thats a lot of LEDs.Electric cars were a meme by the way. You can see why.
us power usage per capita has largely fallen flat due to efficiency gains. and home solar. only recently has it started to rise again
