China Ramps up Renewable Targets 50% - What About US?

[Nathanael]

How competitive are China and the United States in terms of becoming the leader in Clean Technology? This article engages in this question and also outlines the recent actions each country has taken in clean energy development.

Why does it always seem to come back to China vs. America?

Anyway here is the article:


Senior Chinese officials are publicly musing about ramping up their renewable energy standards 50% over previous targets just two years ago. Unencumbered by the democratic process, these statements signal the Chinese government is making a significant shift in their titanic economy towards clean tech.

Meanwhile in the US, the policial sausage-making continues apace. Late last month the watered down Waxman Markey bill passed the House and moves to the senate where further concessions to Democrats and Republicans alike may be necessary to get what’s left of the climate and energy bill to Obama’s desk.

Will this latest news from China affect evolving national renewable energy standards in the US? Probably not - beltway politics is notoriously myopic and often motivated by pork rather than principle. However, this significant signal from the world’s number-two economy may remind those senatorial swing votes that the world does not end at their state boundaries.


Link: http://www.energyboom.com/policy/china-ramps-renewable-targets-50-what-about-us

[timeforpeace]

1. "Unencumbered by the democratic process" Guess that's one way of phrasing it.

[JohnWxy]

2. It would be great if a "green" competitive spirit got going between us and China.

[Nathanael]

3. As long as it stays friendly and collaborative

And doesn't turn into the cold war thinking of us vs. them. That sort of competition leads to no good.

[XemaSab]

4. So we're talking more megadams?

You go with that, China.