Scots are also Brits.

Sure. Had a check on these organisations and they seem reliable.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-responsible-for-95-of-new-coal-power-construction-in-2023-report-says/

https://globalenergymonitor.org/press-release/chinas-coal-power-spree-could-see-over-300-coal-plants-added-before-emissions-peak/

You’ll find stats here: https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-coal-plant-tracker/summary-tables/

Increased solar and wind means little in terms of saving the planet when coal usage is increasing. I look forward to the day when we have some honest data from CN on electricitymaps

I agree with your point on curbing fuel import and dependence.

Go to the North in winter and experience true choking pollution from rampant coal furnaces. Even Beijing doesn’t escape that.

Don’t forget where all that electricity comes from to charge those electric vehicles.

Source: me, who lived in China for 6 years until 2022.

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F-Droid can do unattended installs, you just need A13+ and the basic client.

NOTE: The Basic version of F-Droid Client has a reduced feature set (e.g. no nearby share and no panic feature). It targets Android 13 and can do unattended updates without privileged extension or root.

China has surging electric car sales. Almost every city will have wide 4 lane thoroughfares. At least they do have separate bike lanes, but then have pedal and ebikes mixed, with pedestrians for fun!