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U.S. Emissions Rise 4.2%, China's Fall 2.7%

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196 points triceratops | 3 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.646s | source
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mperham ◴[02 Sep 25 20:40 UTC] No.45108735[source]▶
> a boom in solar that saw the country [China] add 92 gigawatts of capacity—that’s 92 billion watts—in a single month in May, compared to all-time U.S. installations of 134 GW.

That's an insane stat. China added 92GW of solar in May 2025 alone.

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RobinL ◴[02 Sep 25 21:02 UTC] No.45109012[source]▶
That stat is bonkers. China's GDP is only 5x that of UK. Total UK solar is about 19GW.

So even if you divide China's solar by 5, they added in a month what we have built in >10 years

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kelipso ◴[03 Sep 25 00:40 UTC] No.45110963[source]▶
We should have an actual GDP measure where bloat like finance and real estate are removed. Would really like to see a comparison using that measure.
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1. deadfoxygrandpa ◴[03 Sep 25 02:59 UTC] No.45111842[source]▶
we have one, it's called MPS and it was used by the soviets and most of the communist countries including china until the 1990s. china has still not fully transitioned away from MPS and into SNA which is one reason their service sector share of GDP seems so impossibly low
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2. rhubarbtree ◴[03 Sep 25 06:44 UTC] No.45112900[source]▶
Sounds like that could give useful insights. I couldn’t find MPS - do you have a link please?
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3. maxglute ◴[03 Sep 25 09:16 UTC] No.45113744[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_Product_System