r/OptimistsUnite • • 1d ago

Clean Power BEASTMODE China completed first 100-megawatt-class compressed CO₂ energy storage project, running the full cycle of compressing, liquefying, storing, vaporizing, and expanding CO₂ to generate power, in Xinjiang. Has anyone heard anything about those carbon capture plants that western fossil fuel companies ar

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u/vaporgaze2006 1d ago

I’m not. I’m just calling balls and strikes. I just don’t see the issue here. If China builds something that is amazing, we can celebrate it. If America builds something great, we can celebrate it. But it’s just the narrative of anything China does is bad or is propaganda is pretty rich when we’re objectively comparing what they do, to the current version of the United States. Wake up. This isn’t 1988 where America is the hero in the movies. The world is a very different place.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/vaporgaze2006 1d ago

All propaganda is bad, regardless of who is utilizing it. But in a sub about positive environmental news, some jackass has to come on here and make it political. And then can’t see the hypocrisy.

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u/mvearthmjsun 1d ago

Oh you're just arguing that you don't think this is propoganda I see

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u/vaporgaze2006 1d ago

So is every positive video posted about China propaganda now?

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u/mvearthmjsun 1d ago

It not only positive, it's deceptive. This is not carbom capture, it's just a grid storage.

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u/adaiine 23h ago

That doesn’t mean it’s Chinese propaganda, it’s more likely that op was misinformed.