The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China’s top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security.

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    1 year ago

    Because on a per-capita basis, you still outpollute China by a factor of at least 2?

    Because unlike China, your government moves incredibly slowly and needs more momentum to actually accomplish change?

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      1 year ago

      Per capita basis

      Carbon is carbon, mass is mass, and heat is heat, none of it cares about population size, we could just as easily look at it as a per-gdp basis, and it would be just as useful

      Government of China says we don’t need to change, or at least they don’t, I don’t think I should either then. Especially considering no climate change policy works without the whole world decarbonizing, including China, regardless of how small their number looks on a per capita basis

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        1 year ago

        China is moving faster on renewables than every other country. China is moving faster on EVs than every other country.

        Who’s not changing?

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            1 year ago

            If you feel like giving China a domestic supply of O&G so they can switch their coal plants to gas ones, be my guest.

            That’s been the single greatest contributor to reduced emissions in North America and Europe over the past few decades.