Following what is leading - China

Have decided to follow the technological developments in China. That is where the big steps will be made.

Nuclear power will be necessary to get away from fossil fuels, or at least greatly reduce them. China is also investing enormously in electrifying the country. They know the enormous energy losses in fossil fuels. I don't think it's possible to quick get away from fossil fuels 100%. And it's not entirely necessary either. For certain applications, you will be forced to use fossil fuels. But it will be necessary to electrify everything you can. To get out of what you've managed to get yourself into because it was the easiest. Limiting access will force a change. You have to do everything you can do to change. It will be a process that will take hundreds of years. CO2 is very persistent. Temperatures will not go down quickly. But you have to reduce the increase. The country that is doing the most methodical thing to change is China. The USA, on the other hand, is the worst in class. Anyone who thinks they can continue will be judged by history. USA will be the loser. Thorium nuclear reactors I believe in Thorium reactors. But it requires a lot of development work. It will take time. Since China is investing in this, I feel safe, that everything possible will be invested in it.. Thorium is better suited for China's large inland. Normal water-cooled nuclear power by the sea will become risky over time. The sea is rising, but perhaps mainly because we know that enormous hurricanes will hit China's coastal areas. Then it is the case that China does not have much uranium, but it does have thorium.

With a large investment in nuclear power, the large amounts of waste will also become a big problem. All of this will be easier to handle with thorium. The thorium reactors that have been built have had problems with the high temperatures they have worked with. Success therefore requires the development of alloys. If China does not succeed, no one else will probably succeed. I don't think fusion power will happen, but thorium can be realized. To mitigate the development of high temperatures caused by increasingly high CO2 content, with increasingly large problems, Thorium reactors may become the most important solution. Nuclear power can be expected to account for 30-60% of electricity production. Countries that have little hydropower are those that need a lot of nuclear power. Sun and wind will be needed, but unfortunately cannot take over all the fossil fuel. Very well aware of all the problems with waste and all the problems with nuclear power. That is why I see it as necessary to invest heavily in Thorium, which produces significantly less waste. But is still quite poorly developed. That is why I am pleased that China is investing so heavily in Thorium. A major problem is developing materials for the very high temperatures that must be used. The Thorium reactors in the 60th did not function with more than 40% availability with full production. And there have been small reactors of 10MW. Much bigger than that is necessary. This is not easy to achieve. But we know how to do it, but have not yet managed to do it. Therefore, development must take place with large resources. If we do not succeed with Thorium, the future is bleak. If the world is to be supplied with the nuclear power that exists today, it will be almost impossible with enormous amounts of waste.

The difference between China and the USA US intends to produce liquid nuclear power near sea, while China is also moving away from nuclear power at sea. Water-cooled nuclear power is perhaps natural to place at sea. But as I said, there will be increasing problems with this. Strangely enough, they also intend to place Molten Salt solutions near sea, which absolutely should not be placed at sea. It is mostly for maritime applications.

Electrification will happen to an increasing extent in China. Still with a large share of coal power but they are doing a lot to get away from that dependence. There will be a real change while the US consciously wants to continue using coal and gas. China use coal as reserve power. It is different from how other countries use coal. But it is still a lot. China's energy supply is partly a success. They have really invested heavily in renewables. The country's hinterland has large areas of wind power and solar panels. But they are well aware of the weakness of having too large a share of renewables. After a period of trying to reduce coal use, strongly inspired by the serious health risks, they were still forced to go back to using more coal for electricity production. That is why attempts to start producing electricity with nuclear power based on thorium are so essential. What is happening is absolutely serious. They want to get away from coal when they can during the 20s. But it is not yet possible. Increased GDP is still more important,

Batteries, China the world leader China is a complete leader in batteries. Northvolt was built with the understanding that batteries were important, but they didn't understand that they had to learn from what was happening in China. Instead, they were mostly inspired by Elon Musk's thinking. They did not have access to all the materials needed. They should have sounded the alarm a long time ago that they had no chance of succeeding. Battery manufacturing is needed in Europe. But the question is whether it is possible. Northvolt was hopelessly behind the times. Of course, there is development, which Northvolt which didn't succeeded in at all. They started with NMC batteries, but didn't really succeed in doing that. Now, however, it is LiFePo4 that is completely applicable. Suffice it to say that China has taken over the battery market.

Chinese high-voltage grid. Developing a high-voltage grid is another big thing that China has succeeded in doing and no one else. They are building a real high-voltage grid. Where Sweden has 400kv, China has 1.1 million volts. This is important because they want to be able to transport electricity over China's great distances without major losses. Wind and solar produce largely in the sparsely populated interior of the country. Now they will also build thorium nuclear power in the interior of the country. They are really using all the country's potential.

China and AI China's new own AI Deep Seek This hit like a bomb when China also now shows itself to be leading. Chinese Deep Sink is open source, which has the advantage that you know where you get your data from. Surprisingly, the Chinese one is better, more open, which is necessary when it comes to AI. Taiwan still has a leading role when it comes to semiconductors. BUT even here it is likely that China will soon catch up. The West has done everything to stop this, but it will not work. Quantum Computers Another shock for the rest of the world is that China now comes first with Quantum computer including the USA. Quantum is really difficult to understand.

A Quantum computer is not a 1/0 computer but it can handle 1 and 0 at the same time with different connections. What was called bit is now cubits Here 1 and 0 are connected together.. All at the same time.

Summarized

This is to briefly explain that you cannot dismiss China, the country is increasingly leading the world in more and more areas. But it is a completely different world in China that cannot be ignored. The China of total uniformity. The action to stifle ideas of freedom in Hong Kong, the idea of ​​taking over Taiwan. And not least the support for Russia. Staying up to date with technology, but distancing yourself from the totalitarian view of Chinese society. Leif Lindblom Fil. Kand. (Bachelor of arts) info@leiflindblom.se