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China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total (www.ecowatch.com)
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China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

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[–] nix@merv.news 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

“The United States occupies a total area of about 3.8 million square miles while China has an area of approximately 3.7million square miles. However, China has a bigger land area than the United States. The Chinese land area is about 2.2% bigger than the United States (3.5 million square miles).“

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They were probably referring to population

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

China also consumes twice as much electricity as the US (half as much per capita)

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

they do most of the worlds production, thats expected

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

About 20% of that US land is in Alaska, which is not a place to put solar panels. Not if you want them to produce for half the year at a stretch, anyway.