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According to that article: "China’s coal consumption growth was responsible for more than half of global CO2 emission growth in the past 10 years." China gets
by melling 10y ago
According to that article:
"China’s coal consumption growth was responsible for more than half of global CO2 emission growth in the past 10 years."
China gets over 70% of its electricity from coal. Yes, they are building more solar but it'll take over a decade for there to be significant change.
Anyway, the real problem is that even if everyone somehow meets the Paris limits, it's not enough.
https://www.beforetheflood.com/ https://www.beforetheflood.com/
- pas 10y agoAnd they're building nuclear plants too.
- melling 10y agoThey currently get 2-3% of their electricity from nuclear: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/539691/china-will-soon-leapfrog-traditional-leaders-in-nuclear-power/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/539691/china-will-soon-le... A 5x increase in 15-20 years gets you to 10-15%. While that's good, I don't think it's enough given the current rate of CO2 production. It's hard to complain because they're doing a lot more than everyone else. Unfortunately, we need to find a way to do more.