- Solar and wind are far less water-extractive than most alternatives, and China is going to build regardless. My concern isn’t necessity, it’s the dishonest framing. Reducing carbon doesn’t make infrastructure ecologically neutral, and “greener” isn’t the same as healthier in desert systems.
- I'd like to add, I'm in no way meaning this as justification of all this ongoing nonsense of unfettered growth of power production. Just saying that no matter what ANYONE says, China IS going to build power plants. And solar panels is by far, except wind, the least water extractive way presently.
