Environment & Energy

You included a statement in your own post that "China installed a record 300 gigawatts of solar power and 100 gigawatts of wind power last year, which meant that the continuing increase in China’s electricity demand was largely met by clean energy. "

That statement also supports the idea that renewable energy is very useful.

So we now we know renewable energy is the least expensive and most flexible path to clean energy, and the world’s best policy-makers are vigorously pursuing this path. We are approaching ‘critical mass’ as markets respond to renewables’ potential.

We haven’t solved the climate crisis, world poverty, or world conflict yet, but on the climate crisis we now have a clear path to a solution even if it comes too late: Use renewables as much as we can. Use nuclear energy where it makes sense, by those who can afford it, and use it carefully (don't relax regulation).

A little trivia: Over half the nuclear reactors built by the United States power naval warships. How useful is that? Has it helped solve the problem of sanitation?