This blog site began fifteen years ago focused on renewable energy.  I of course regularly return to this topic.  Today another of my Wednesday postings on this subject. But first, the  latest on the Lahaina Apocalypse : Death toll up to 106. President Joe and First Lady Jill Biden  will visit Lahaina this coming Monday. Why the Maui wildfires were so deadly . The  New York Times  reported the following: China is the world's biggest polluter. The good news is that China already produces more electricity by solar/wind than any other country. Further, China had vowed to double its capacity of wind and solar power by 2030...and is on track to meet that goal, actually, by 2025. But how can it be #1 in fossil fuel pollution, and also #1 in the renewables? It is large. They are in a good transition. On the one hand, China's cleantech revolution is   surging ; on the other hand, China's consumption of coal and other fossil fuels is also   surging .   From  Energy Matters , August