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That's good news but didn't they just finish putting more CO2 into the atmosphere then all developed countries combined over 100 year in like the last 10 years?
by taf2 7y ago
That's good news but didn't they just finish putting more CO2 into the atmosphere then all developed countries combined over 100 year in like the last 10 years?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2018/07/01/china-emits-more-carbon-dioxide-than-the-u-s-and-eu-combined/#2114269b628c https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2018/07/01/china-emits-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/business/china-davos-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/business/china-davos-clim...
- andrekandre 7y agoyep, and a lot of that has to do with starting in the 2008-2009 global economic crisis and (still continuing) stimulating their way (and arguably by secondary effect our way) out of it by consuming huge amounts of steel and concrete https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/worldbusiness/15iht-g7.4.20200268.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/worldbusiness/15... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_economic_stimulus_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_economic_stimulus_prog... http://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/1054-global-cement-top-100-report-2017-2018 http://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/1054-global-ce... https://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-10-17/slowing-china-steel-consumption-stymies-global-demand-growth-101157487.html https://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-10-17/slowing-china-steel-... https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/energy_watch/chinas-economic-stimulus-spurs-climate-costs-01072019105749.html https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/energy_watch/chinas... [edit] formatting