China’s MASSIVE Desert Project Is About To Change The World

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20 years ago: “China, you shall be responsible for global warming!”😡 Now: “Let’s forget about The Paris Agreement”🙄

As a Chinese, I am surprised to see you put this topic about China. I drived 6K KM last Sep in west China, those wind power mill and sola panels continues over 50KMs and you see it everywhere, it is so amazing, you should really go there to see it.

Without China, we in Africa couldn't have afforded smart phones and a lot of electronics. China is a blessing to this world.

People tend to hate when they are jealous of others

For all those complaining about covering desert land with solar panels ,I will go as far as to say, it increases biodiversity in the desert biome by offering shade to desert animals. All the buildings in the world are covering the earth surface as well. Why aren't people complaining about it, when it's china it's an issue. The surface area of china is about 9 million square miles, 8 SQ miles is negligible. It's the best interest for the whole world if china does these projects, we don't share land boundaries but we share atmosphere, the fight against global warming is global and we should encourage such projects, it might be the most future proof project in the world, but at this point we don't have time to work out the most future proof solution ever. Anything that moves towards the goal is great. We encourage countries to switch from coal to natural gas, from coal to any other generation means there is

China and the United States released 11.4 and 5.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022 respectively. But on a per capita basis, the Americans accounted for almost twice as much greenhouse gases than their Chinese counterparts. Another takeaway is that, measured in dollar terms, China accounts for almost 30% of the world manufacturing outputs, or twice as much as that produced by the U.S. And that is achieved on the back of per capita energy consumption at half of that of the United States. Had China not moved towards green and efficient use of energy, what would China’s greenhouse gas emission be in order to produce 30% of the manufactured goods for the world?

When I was in Elementary school in Beijing, China in early 1980s, there was an National writing competition about Chinese future energy supply. My school district organized local experts, some of them from the Chinese Academy of Science to gave seminars on new energy source: solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, biogas etc. to ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. I still remember those lectures vividly as they were very interesting and inspiring. I am pretty sure some of my classmates became engineers in those fields because of that. I remebered what I wrote was a day's life in 2000, living in a solar powered City, more or less in Sci-fi movie clip fashion. Looking back, you could see some long term government planning on renewable energy.

I was one of the earliest rooftop solar adopters in my town of Livermore, CA. Ignoring all the naysayers, I covered my entire roof with microinverter based AC solar panels nearly 20 years ago, and the US Govt covered 60% of the cost via tax deductions. I bought all the equipment and installed the panels myself. Now 60% of the rooftops in my hometown have solar panels installed, about 10 years after I did ! Roofop solar naysayers are a vanishing breed these days! I am now generating far more power than I need for my home, and selling the excess to the power company. This solar system not only provided all the electricity I needed, but also helped me payoff my home mortgage loan! It will continue to generate power for at least another 20 years ! What is not to like ? The best investment of time and money I ever made ! 🥰!

What's with all the 'solar hate' in the comments? Solar is reliable, and has no moving parts. We put panels on our cottage in Ontario 22 years ago. The panels still look brand new and the system has been flawless.

Having solar panels in desert, a predominantly non usable land, is awesome.

I am an American and I am glad to see other nations like China achieve progress like this. The U.S. is big spoiled brat that can't stand to see other nations prosper and weaken it's hegemony. Kudos to China and all other nations in the world for making great innovations and making life better for their people, something the U.S. has never done.

I started solar installations way back 2004, exactly 20 years ago. From that day on, i fall inlove with Solar and our office, our house, our workshop are all run with solar. Never have to pay a cent to the grid.

In a world of constant depressing news on economic doom and war, its always nice to watch your videos Matt that bring some positivity.

We put 12 solar panels on our house under three years ago plus a 5Kw battery, we projected a 9 year payback but with the greedy energy companies doubling the price of electricity then doubling it again our solar paid for itself in just over 2 years. In summer we fill the car, run the house and solar battery then feed in to the grid….for a miserly 15ppKw but still produces a few quid in credits

This is one of many things I like about China. They are technocrats with a meritocracy based culture. When they perceive a problem, they deal with it, and the meritocracy part of it means that they have competent leadership.

The gulf between China and the US is that China says 'do it' and it gets done, usually cheaply, while to get anything done in the US is super expensive, slow, and full of red tape. plus, there is no comparison in the manufacturing/ skill base of the two countries. China can simply vastly out build the US on all fronts (yes, including military).

If memory serves, northern China is also the location of large refining plants for aluminum and other metals, they do require large amounts of energy that is now mostly green. Also they are currently installing UHV (ultra high voltage) power lines. Once they are finished, the transmission loss will be greatly reduced and lots of coal plants will become redondant. Last but not least, energy storage battery, sodium based (since weigh and space are not an issue for such storage) is also a promising way to store the extra energy produced during day time. I do trust the Chinese to go at this methodically and efficiently. They are highly pragmatic people.

The ability to grow plants and raise livestock under the panels in what was a desert is a serious benefit.

Though I hate the relationship b/w America and China, I hope that competition can build in this area. Two superpowers seeing who can go green the fastest like the space race would be awesome!