US coal is Largest contributor to THE RISE... But china coal is still 'by far' the largest overall contributor. They write titles kinda misleadingly dramatic.
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Leaving aside the importance of per capita, much of China's emissions is western emissions in a trench coat. And I'm not saying that as a China glazer.
You can pin power use to exported products, but how that electricity is generated is chinas state decision.
It's not like they did nothing but they could also be way more emission free than they are now.
Aren't they the number 1 in solar and new solar?
Sometimes I look at them and think, well at least they decided to do something about it.
If it wasn't for them, oil companies would have managed to stall EVs and keep them as luxury vehicles.
China isn't perfect but I can't see them as the problem when they spit out solar panels while the orange moron is literally paying billions to stop renewable projects.
Yes, China is using a lot of energy in general, and not just for its export-focused economy. The Chinese middle class is huge. They are top consumers of energy in both coal and renewables.
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It’s says rise in the headline. Idk what your comment is supposed to be except for ‘china bad’ whataboutism.
I was misled upon first reading and so I wrote this to help others by changing emphasis. Their pull quote strikes me as a misdirection.
I see what you are saying but I don't think it's a misdirect. I think it's the nature of fast reading. And I'm right there with you.
Or how about this - what should the headline have been?
I think it's pretty straightforward
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Even the clean coal?
Smiling Garak: Especially the clean coal.
When you type out memes like this it really is a Picard and Dathon at el-adrel moment
Picard his hand on his forehead.
Clean from what?
Trump made up some shit
No way burning the lumps of carbon increases the amount of emitted carbon. :surprised_pikachu
But we burn carbon! How can we have carbon if we burn carbon, smarty-pants?
At what point might we consider that the americans are conducting a grey war against the rest of us?
Since when are endless coups, regime changes, and a 4 generations long nonstop bombing campaign a “grey” war?
Government and the rich, not "Americans". Americans are just as pissed.
but you elected him twice. Another posted suggesting that we name heat waves after usa fossil fuel companies. what a great idea. Last summer in Spain? The Chevron heat wave.
We had about 5 heat waves in SW Europe this summer, so we can go through a few more names. I'm almost tempted to name the brief gaps of normal summer heat as well.
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NO FUCKING SHIT (sorry not at you OP, just the . . . powers that be I guess)
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