China leading the way in renewable energy

Here are some more links that I posted in another thread.
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2010/12/07 ... as-us-beat
7 Technologies Where China Has the U.S. Beat
By Adam Aston
December 07, 2010

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmen ... ments-0329
Will China Beat Us in the Clean Energy (and Clean Energy Jobs) Race?
U.S. investments in renewable energy lag behind China and even Europe. Why? The answer might surprise you.
March 29, 2010 at 9:19AM by Jim DiPeso

http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2010/08/31 ... ech-giant/
How China Beat the U.S. and Became the New Green Tech Giant
By Elizabeth M. Lynch, August 31, 2010

http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/30/s ... ik-moment/
Video: Steven Chu on why China’s bid for clean energy leadership should be our “Sputnik Moment”
November 30, 2010

When it comes to innovation, Americans don’t take a back seat to anyone – and we certainly won’t start now. From wind power to nuclear reactors to high speed rail, China and other countries are moving aggressively to capture the lead.

Given that challenge, and given the enormous economic opportunities in clean energy, it’s time for America to do what we do best: innovate. As President Obama has said, we should not, cannot, and will not play for second place.

That’s Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in speech Monday on how China’s bid for world leadership in clean energy should be our “Sputnik moment.”

SS109-this article might answer your question. While China is being the most aggressive in terms of putting money into research, development, and implementation of renewable energy, it also will not reach its fossil fuel peak for quite a while - it undeniably has the greatest energy need of any other country, although India can give it a run for its money there. They realize that if they have to follow binding resolutions on GHG emissions, it will hurt their bottom line, which they oppose - why should they have to limit their emissions when the U.S. has gotten where it has without having to limit its emissions? As they have large coal reserves, they don't want to have to limit their use of their own natural resources unless we do too, and since the U.S. has waffled on its promises then they will too so as to keep the economic playing field level. It's why cap-and-trade will be accepted, and shouldn't - we've gotten all the benefits of freely using fossil fuels over the last 2 centuries to fuel our economy without having to pay any penalties.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6 ... 493be23015
Climate Talks Still at Impasse, China Buffs Its Green Reputation
Science 15 October 2010:
Vol. 330 no. 6002 p. 305
DOI: 10.1126/science.330.6002.305

The lead U.S. negotiator in Tianjin, Jonathan Pershing, criticized China and other major developing nations for refusing to implement a stringent program of monitoring, reporting, and verifying their carbon emissions. “These elements are at the heart of the deal, and the lack of progress on them gives us concern,” Pershing told reporters. China, meanwhile, scolded the United States for using the Asian nation as a scapegoat for its own foot-dragging on addressing climate change. The United States “has no measures or actions to show for itself,” said Su Wei, director of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission's climate change department, who reiterated China's view that the United States must take “historical responsibility” for rising atmospheric CO2 levels.

Developing nations, the group to which China maintains it still belongs despite its growing economic strength, have vowed to become more energy efficient but as a group have refused to accept binding emissions reductions.