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China seems to be somewhere that is happy with short term solutions without considering longer term impacts.

• staz 9y ago
  compared to the rest of the world?
  • antoineMoPa 9y ago
    Yeah I'd 's/China/Humans/'. I'm referring to the fact that (mostly) everyone emits CO2 with cars, without caring about longer term impacts on global climate, sea rise, increase of hurricane frequency and intensity, etc.
    • forapurpose 9y ago
      > (mostly) everyone emits CO2 with cars, without caring about longer term impacts on global climate, sea rise, increase of hurricane frequency and intensity, etc. I don't think that's accurate. Most? countries regulate CO2. European countries do, for example.
      • antoineMoPa 9y ago
        According to this graph, car seems to be dominant in europe too. [2014] Of course Europe is doing better and I'd like to see more trains in Canada and the US. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Modal_split_of_inland_passenger_transport,_2014_(%25_of_total_inland_passenger-km)_YB17.png http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...
  • wnevets 9y ago
    who else is shooting silver iodide into the sky?
    • Dangeranger 9y ago
      Well the United States did from 1962-1983.[0] Unfortunately humans learn best from negative consequences, rather than from historical observation. Most bad things have already been tried before. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury
      • slededit 9y ago
        Doesn't sound like there were any major negative consequences - just that it was ineffective at stopping hurricanes and cyclones.
• onetimemanytime 9y ago
  I think it's a developmental stage. Do it and then stop it. See those (ex-)factories near major US cities? China has stopped of pollution already, after ruining the manufacturing base in richer countries.