China's heat wave leads to record-breaking production of electricity

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2. What are the "gains" in so called "renewable energy?"

The unit to describe the putative "gains" would be a unit of energy, as in Joules or Exajoules; for example, in 2021 world energy demand was 624 Exajoules.

I've been hearing for decades how so called "renewable energy" would save the world. I've heard how allegedly "cheap" it is. How come China, like Germany, is burning coal then?

Saying that so called "renewable energy" can't meet demands of air conditioning would seem to suggest that after all this talk the need for air conditioning is rising and therefore the "gains" were useless in addressing climate change. It's a hamster wheel, isn't it?

I might be time to think about stuff that works as opposed to chanting in defiance of real numbers about "gains."