Since then, it has powered its explosive economic growth almost exclusively with highly polluting coal, lifting 680 million people out of poverty. Today, China gets a trifling 0.23% of its energy from wind and solar.
1971年，中国能源总量的40%来自可再生能源。其后，中国全靠高污染的煤炭让6.8亿人摆脱贫困，并实现了爆炸式的经济增长。今天，中国使用的太阳能和风能仅占其能源总量的0.23%。相比之下，非洲能源总量却有50%来自可再生能源 ——而且仍未能摆脱贫困。