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imagine if we directed as much attention as covid is getting toward such a more insidious, and more tractable, problem like air (and water) pollution. we could
by clairity 5y ago
imagine if we directed as much attention as covid is getting toward such a more insidious, and more tractable, problem like air (and water) pollution. we could really do something in a relatively short time (like 2-5 years). for instance, we could measurably reduce air pollution by replacing the top 25 most polluting power plants (coal). that might cost on the order of a 100 billion dollars, but that's less than 1% of america's gdp, nevermind the world's.
- newaccount2021 5y agopollution kills slowly, and as a result is imperceptible to the public covid hysteria is just getting started. years from now, decent people will lament that covid hysteria continues to suck all of the oxygen out of the room...and when they do, they will be cancelled fifty years from now, no one will admit to having been part of the covid mobs...but for now, they rule the world
- epistasis 5y ago> years from now, decent people will lament that covid hysteria continues to suck all of the oxygen out of the room...and when they do, they will be cancelled Years from now, people will look back at 1M people in the US that unnecessarily died and marvel at just how inhuman people can be when subjected to political forces. I only wish that current day leaders in the US will look at today's traitors to humanity with the same disdain that future generations will. Only then could we quash the sick disregard for human life that drives us apart.
- DudeInBasement 5y agoThose power plants are in China. Good luck
- rocky1138 5y agoThe fourth largest coal plant is in Taiwan.
- jointpdf 5y agoHere is a map of all coal-fired power plants in the United States: https://coal.sierraclub.org/coal-plant-map https://coal.sierraclub.org/coal-plant-map
- GaryTang 5y agook now do China then compare the total output between them
- jointpdf 5y agoOk. - Map of all coal power plants: https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants - Cumulative emissions by country: https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 > the United States has emitted more CO2 than any other country to date: at around 400 billion tonnes since 1751, it is responsible for 25% of historical emissions > this is twice more than China – the world’s second largest national contributor This is not to downplay the serious and growing impact of China on global GHG emissions, just that casting coal as only a China problem is inaccurate and does not move us toward a solution.
- GaryTang 5y agoExcellent. Now I would recommend looking at the rate of change for each country in recent years to see even more clarity.
- chillwaves 5y agoIt would be a lot easier to just make the point you are trying to make.
- GaryTang 5y agoI thought I made a point
- foxfluff 5y agoThe most carbon emitting plant is in Poland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%82chat%C3%B3w_Power_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%82chat%C3%B3w_Power_Stat... "The plant releases each year more carbon dioxide than the entire country of Switzerland."
- belltaco 5y agohttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-26/china-s-crypto-mining-crackdown-followed-deadly-coal-accidents https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-26/china-s-c...
- kiba 5y agoImproving our air will probably improve COVID survival rate. One of the four main comorbidities contributing to covid death are cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, and chronic respiratory disease.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoSounds like some good long term planning. But if Covid is the issue, isn’t it time to discuss the correlation between obesity and covid hospitalization? Sounds like in the short term, a war on obesity (sugar) would help more than anything.
- kiba 5y agoYes. Fighting obesity decreases the risk of cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Although I consider fighting obesity more of a long term effort.