The argument rests entirely on Sweden having abundant renewable energy, so their use of mining to make their grids more efficient doesn't literally cause emissi

The argument rests entirely on Sweden having abundant renewable energy, so their use of mining to make their grids more efficient doesn't literally cause emissions. Why would they ban it for themselves, an engineer might ask? The same question is asked every day in different forms in every single climate discussion: why should a state which is ahead of the game in emissions reduction make any further commitment? The answer is so that other states feel pressure to make commitments too. Sweden should ban it and instead focus on selling its apparent excess of renewable energy, because then all the places where cheap fossil fuel is literally getting a full-scale rebirth feel extra guilty. Advanced nations making sacrifices is the only thing that has worked at all so far. I wouldn't expect an engineer to understand that whatsoever.