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rural americans will drive past a coal-fired power plant, in their five mpg ford truck, to go to a small town city council meeting and complain about how environmentally destructive solar panels are (slrpnk.net)

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And their vote counts more than yours because they live in rural districts with lower populations. Smh at "democracy."

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I hate to be that guy, but China has increased electricity production in general. It is just that solar + wind + hydro make up most of the gain. However that still means:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-coal?tab=line&time=2015..latest&country=%7ECHN&mapSelect=%7ECHN

[–] MythicalMenace@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 hours ago

Ahh thanks for the link! I admit I'm coming in at a more anecdotal position of people I know who still live and work in that industry. So it may just be their isolated area that is experiencing a downturn. They may be still acquiring coal but from other sources.