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> or somehow convince China to stop building coal-fired power plants They are already convinced: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2017/0303/China-s

• jack9 9y ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/climate/china-energy-companies-coal-plants-climate-change.html?mcubz=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/climate/china-energy-comp... I don't think so. There's not a lot of evidence "they" (meaning the CPC) are convinced of global consequence to stop. The desire for growth outweighs any actual concern for the future of the planet from their perspective. Without direct evidence of outcome, a tyrannical social structure operates from the top, expecting to deal with the future by sacrificing the bottom. The Aztecs, the Pharaohs, the Romans, USSR etc all fell when they external sources overwhelmed the existing mitigation methods (insidiously or violently) and China will probably travel the same route. One might hope it's not the final lasting dynasty 100 years from now.