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It's one of the few things they've done right, carbon tax, pushing vehicle electrification, cancelling new coal generation. But yes do agree the system is hard
by A2017U1 8y ago
It's one of the few things they've done right, carbon tax, pushing vehicle electrification, cancelling new coal generation.
But yes do agree the system is hardly perfect, for instance theres been a spike in illegal cfc-11 coming out of southern China, and while the authorities talk tough and have shut down numerous operators they struggle with enforcement in general and more pop up anyway.
Likewise gas wells in the states have been found to be producing far more fugitive emissions of methane which is incredibly harmful but again not recorded.
To top it all off emissions are only measured for a countries production not consumption, a big beef exporter gets the blame for another's hamburger. Which seems somewhat unjust.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-china-cfc-dilemma/3009280.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-china-cfc-dilemma...
https://theconversation.com/the-us-natural-gas-industry-is-leaking-way-more-methane-than-previously-thought-heres-why-that-matters-98918 https://theconversation.com/the-us-natural-gas-industry-is-l...
- mirimir 8y ago> To top it all off emissions are only measured for a countries production not consumption, a big beef exporter gets the blame for another's hamburger. Yes. The US, Europe, etc offloaded lots of carbon emissions to China. Along with lots of toxic chemical pollution. And even with regulation, as you note, enforcement -- or even knowing what's happening -- is hugely problematic. It's funny, given my stance on privacy, but we really need emissions data for greenhouse gases that's unbiased and reliable. Then we could negotiate who does what, and who pays for it, based on actual data. Not that I'm at all optimistic about the prospects for that :( Edit: And damn. I hadn't heard about the CFC-11 issue. When I read your comment, I was thinking of long-lived radiative forcing CFCs.