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You should care about china if you care about CO2 levels. US CO2 levels are already going down, china's are accelerating up: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
by elgabogringo 11y ago
You should care about china if you care about CO2 levels. US CO2 levels are already going down, china's are accelerating up:
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/a-fresh-look-at-chinas-long-march-on-energy-and-emissions/ http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/a-fresh-look-at...
- epistasis 11y agoI care about China of course, I said I'm not "worried" about them. I'm not "worried" about those increasing emissions, that's completely expected, and better than what most people thought it would be in previous years. Now, India, there I'm a bit worried....
- cadence 11y agoI'm not an expert, but from what I've read China's emissions growth has slowed dramatically, possibly even stalled. Here's a report from a few months ago: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-26/china-s-major-co2-emissions-seen-stalling-amid-climate-push http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-26/china-s-ma... This could be primarily because of the economic slowdown, but I've read other articles that report the change is more systemic and permanent as China seeks to lead in clean energy tech.