Comments on: China leading in global clean tech race

By: Cleaner Greener China » Chinese Management Rare Earth Metals

Cleaner Greener China » Chinese Management Rare Earth Metals — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:50:13 +0000

[...] That, while the RARE earth metals were .. rare… to reduce the amount available to export was seen as a nationalistic move meant to keep China on top of the cleantech war. Or is it a race? [...]

By: The great green transition has begun | Left Foot Forward

The great green transition has begun | Left Foot Forward — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:47:01 +0000

[...] Left Foot Forward reported last month, a recent study from the US-based PEW Environment group, “Who’s winning the clean [...]

By: Akash Dwivedi

Akash Dwivedi — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:19:08 +0000

It is gratifying to find that a communist nation is finally doing it the other way. China has long suppressed the needs of its own citizens and of the world over. Providing green energy to world will help it shift to other category of communist nations, who would rather not exploit its resources. This reminds me of Karl Marx who once said- “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”. Also, there was this article “Why the Left is Wrong”, link- http://scragged.com/articles/why-the-left-is-wrong.aspx?cc=1#cc which exhibits the differences between communism and other social structures.

By: Akash Dwivedi

Akash Dwivedi — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:35:04 +0000

It is gratifying to find that a communist nation is finally doing it the other way. China has long suppressed the needs of its own citizens and of the world over. Providing green energy to world will help it shift to other category of communist nations, who would rather not exploit its resources. This reminds me of Karl Marx who once said- “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”. Also, there was this article “Why the Left is Wrong”, – which exhibits the differences between communism and other social structures.

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:35:16 +0000

“In other clean energy news, renewables supplied more than 60 per cent of Spanish power demand in the first week of this month, setting a new global record.”

I doubt that very much you know. It’s possible, just, that for a short period during that week that 60% of Spanish electricity was produced from renewables.

But that’s very different indeed from saying either that a) 60% of electric power in that week was supplied from renewables or b) that 60% of Spanish power requirements were at any time provided by renewables.

“In 2009, China invested $34.6 billion in the clean energy economy while the United States invested $18.6 billion and came in second place.”

Be interesting to know why you think this is important. China invested more in inefficient energy production than the US did? A country with huge power shortages invested more in power production than a country without power shortages?