I mean, you basically ignored the point about them buying Russian oil/gas, thus enabling the Russian war. But yes, I agree that China makes things. India doesn't really have that excuse for using coal.
Both governments are actually very pro-clean-energy and more willing to deploy it, given the money, than a certain two ~80-year-old farts that take turns every 4 years playing stupid politics games and picking fights.
Eh, nuclear sure but in general no. That's the whole reason solar is becoming so popular is that it's cheaper [2].
If you have to pair solar with storage then it becomes more expensive [1] (general X+Y is more expensive than just X or Y). But uh, people tend to work when the sun shines so you can add a ton of solar to offset the increased energy usage during the day.
[1]: https://www.powersouth.com/is-solar-cheaper-than-natural-gas...
[2]: https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/natural_g...
New builds in developed countries can be 100% renewable because there's enough installed non-renewable capacity available as fallback. Developing countries don't have that.
If their economies are growing, the grids are constantly playing catch-up with demand. Otherwise they're in a state of managed decline, or are an actual dumpster fire.
Whatever the case may be, the one thing they don't have is reliable base generation capability. A safety net for when renewables can't produce enough.
Developing -> Developed in my original comment.
https://www.aeso.ca/market/market-updates/2023/new-assets-ca...
how exactly do you propose India meet the growing electric demands of her residents?
The Russian gas and oil story is more pragmatism than evil intent.
One part of your comment is accurate - India’s exports are tiny relative to its population and economic size.
lol they did just that. China is not "growing so many people" anymore, and neither is India, really. I suppose they could cull some of the previously grown people to get under 5 million like Alberta and to make your advice actually useful. But maybe your obvious solutions just haven't occurred to them yet.