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naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China is beating the world at science, says think tank • The RegisterEnglish11·10 months agoTbh this is a better signal for academic integrity checks than it is for anything else
It’s widely known that a number of individuals at top US universities have been directly implicated in falsification scandals… They just get away with it.
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•Russian advances prompt public criticism of Ukraine’s Kursk pushEnglish13·10 months agoYeah honestly I don’t really understand why Ukraine diverted forces to Kursk. They were dug into strong positions in Donetsk… Positions they’ve since had to give up as the Russian advance picks up pace.
Maybe Syrskyi saw the writing on the wall and went for a hail mary?
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is WorriedEnglish4·10 months agoTo get an idea of margins:
The BYD Seagull sells under the Dolphin Mini name in South America. The Seagull (see specs) is the BYD’s cheapest electric car launched in April last year. Its price range initially lay between 78,800 – 95,800 yuan (10,850 – 13,200 USD)
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is WorriedEnglish14·10 months agoIsn’t Taiwan the country that literally jails political opponents?
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is WorriedEnglish11·10 months agoManufacturing labour costs were $8.31 per hour in China last year, compared with less than $3 in places such as India, Thailand and Vietnam. - The Economist
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is WorriedEnglish13·10 months agoThe Teslas from Shanghai are straight up better than the ones from Fremont… And if we’re being honest Shanghai probably has better quality of life than San Jose.
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is WorriedEnglish4·10 months agoIn Canada, Teslas from Shanghai are by far preferable to the ones from Fremont. Something about those Chinese factories man
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•China's EVs are fueling a big oil demand slowdownEnglish9·10 months agolooks at China
Manufacturing labour costs were $8.31 per hour in China last year, compared with less than $3 in places such as India, Thailand and Vietnam. - The Economist
looks at Mexico
Anyway, manufacturing in China is a low-skill role that employs a huge proportion of the market. In terms of social/cultural value, its closest parallel in the US would be the retail services sector.
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.world•Taiwan's 3rd-largest political party head arrested over corruption scandalEnglish53·10 months agoI too love to jail my political competitors after the they successfully split the vote from my real political rival (the KMT) in the last election. A bastion of democracy in East Asia.
naturalgasbadOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Analysis: China’s clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53% share of power in May 20249·11 months agoThe rapid growth in power generation from solar shows that the solar capacity boom is delivering new electricity supplies at a scale sufficient to cover much of China’s demand growth.
This reinforces the view that China’s CO2 emissions are in a period of structural decline.
“I didn’t read the article but I’m a racist fuck who hates yellow people”
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.ml•China’s yuan leaps to 7-month high, led by stronger yen, unwinding of global carry trade4·11 months agoFunny how your entire argument is invalidated by their previous article today:
China’s property bender has led to long, tough hangover: economist Mao Zhenhua
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.ml•Venezuela could hand energy rights to BRICS Maduro3·11 months agoHonestly this is probably the only way to actually get those resources developed at this point.
Sinopec and Rosneft are absolute beasts in scaling O&G. Given China’s specific USD reserve issues right now, it might make sense to route US assets into developing Sinopec assets abroad.
naturalgasbadOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Analysis: China’s clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53% share of power in May 202431·11 months agoIIRC China does not yet see an easy way to solve the whole “in the winter the sun shines less” problem… So here we are.
naturalgasbadOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Analysis: China’s clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53% share of power in May 2024302·11 months agoThe proportion of China’s electricity produced from fossil fuels (56%) is now lower than it is in the US (60%). What an absolutely MONSTROUS performance.
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.ml•China Rejects $1 Trillion Housing Rescue Plan Pitched by IMF205·11 months agoOh no! The millionaire is now not a billionaire… And the developer was sentenced to life in prison.
Anyway…
naturalgasbadto World News@lemmy.ml•US lawmakers threaten cuts to Olympic anti-doping funds2·11 months agoYou’re barking up the wrong tree with this one. The real story is the number of US Olympians that have TUEs that coincidentally are performance enhancers and the relative lack of TUEs for other countries’ Olympians (e.g., China).
naturalgasbadOPto World News@lemmy.ml•U.S. Treasury warns India’s banks about business with Russia215·11 months agoIndia: Deal?
Russia: Deal.
America: Isn’t there somebody you forgot to ask?
naturalgasbadOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Global methane emissions rising at fastest rate in decades, scientists warn141·11 months agoSurely this can’t be caused by the biggest economies in the world relying on “clean” natural gas (that is, 99% methane) instead of “dirty” coal… Right?
Wealth does not necessarily improve quality of life.
Notably, electricity (among other things) is substantially cheaper in Shanghai.