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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz ("John Carlos Baez") wrote:

China is carrying out the solar revolution at scale. Here panels float on a reservoir in northwest China. This is just one of many massive solar power plants. The photos look like something out of science fiction:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/07/photos-china-solar-power-energy/683488/

Meanwhile Trump is fighting solar and pushing coal. The Chinese call him 建国同志, "Comrade Jianguo". Literally this means "Comrade Building the Nation". It's a joke about "Make America Great Again". It hints that Trump is actually helping China.

Solar panels float on the surface of a reservoir in Majiatan, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on May 6, 2024.   A huge number of floating solar panels, extending toward the horizon, in a pattern that resembles an enormous arrowhead. Credit: Yuan Hongyan / VCG / Getty From here:  https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/07/photos-china-solar-power-energy/683488/