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But you get the article points out, that there’s basically nothing anyone but china can do? Hasn’t USA per capital emissions been going down for a decade. Maybe
by alexnewman 5y ago
But you get the article points out, that there’s basically nothing anyone but china can do? Hasn’t USA per capital emissions been going down for a decade. Maybe the answer is only the USA and Europe are acting with urgency. In the USA it’s almost all the private sector. In Europe the public sector.
Now if we could just get reasonable government support for nuclear in the west, if only to out of fear of china, we’d be miles ahead of the rest of the world.
- timuzhti 5y agoI don't know about you but this graph does not say "urgency" to me: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/ https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/ Nuclear is not cost-effective or anything-effective when reactors are taking over a decade to build.
- adrianN 5y agoNobody is acting with urgency. Acting with urgency would mean a Manhattan Project level of effort where you pump in two percent or so of GDP into decarbonization. Instead we're still procrastinating goals to the n+1-th legislative period.
- alexnewman 5y agoNo, private industry in America has gotten the message and America is decarbonizing at a rapid rate. Alas due to china decoupling they will rely more and more on coal especially out of n Korea.
- timuzhti 5y agoWhat rate do you consider rapid, because I really don't see it.