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Europe is ready to lead the way Which will be close to useless if China/India don't follow.
by bassman9000 5y ago
Europe is ready to lead the way
Which will be close to useless if China/India don't follow.
- illuminati1911 5y agoThat’s what the carbon taxes are for.
- estaseuropano 5y agoBigger roadblock is the US which will fight these. Hope EU stays hard on this.
- ben_w 5y agoThe scale of change ultimately required means we can’t even afford to let Togo stay on fossil fuels even if the entire rest of the planet shifts and they’re the only ones left. But the more that rich countries do, the easier it is for everyone to transition, and the longer everyone gets to make that transition.
- bassman9000 5y agoBut the more that rich countries do, the easier it is for everyone to transition That's a leap of faith. As of today, China is still building coal plants.
- ben_w 5y agoWhat does faith have to do with learning curves making stuff cheaper?
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoChina is meeting its climate commitments and take the issue seriously, they have 99% of the world's electric busses, more high-speed rail than the rest fo the world combined, etc. This stereotypical uninformed finger-pointing is unhelpfull