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Your comparison between China and US from 1973 to now is fundamentally wrong. In 1970s, US already was a developed country, while China was barely rising from p
by reisse 4y ago
Your comparison between China and US from 1973 to now is fundamentally wrong. In 1970s, US already was a developed country, while China was barely rising from poverty.
It's unfair when the western countries demand lowering emissions from the third world. West was able to enjoy unlimited carbon emissions for years, while the third world was mostly agricultural and had poorly developed economies. Now, when other countries undergo the same economic transformations US had long time ago, Americans demand them to ditch progress for the sake of preventing climate change. And that's while outsourcing "dirty" manufacturing and waste management to the same third world countries.
- 908B64B197 4y ago> Now, when other countries undergo the same economic transformations US had long time ago Here's the thing: they don't have to make all the same mistakes we made. Wind and solar was science fiction in the 70's and is economically feasible today yet China choose to go all-in with the dirtiest coal on the planet.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoUhm, if you don’t think China is investing heavily in solar and wind generation, then you are in for a very big surprise. It’s just that with NG going up so much recently, they are leaning on coal heavily again so their economy doesn’t crash, long term they have a good direction set with renewables, better probably than the USA. And it’s all due to economic self interest and survival that they are doing renewables so aggressively, it has nothing to do with perceived fairness or whatever.