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Do you reasonably think China or India cares about the climate? The argument that they need to ramp up production using dirty energy first and will transition l
by joemazerino 3y ago
Do you reasonably think China or India cares about the climate? The argument that they need to ramp up production using dirty energy first and will transition later is entirely devoid of evidence.
- boxed 3y agoThat is a totally irrelevant point. And it's also a non-sequitur. I didn't claim they do, and it's irrelevant if they do. Wind and solar are cheaper. They out compete coal. It just doesn't matter if you care about the climate, you WILL switch to renewables or go out of business.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoChina has given massive subsidies for EV and PV production. That is strong evidence of "caring". You can argue that they're just doing it to capture markets, but given that the Chinese vehicle market is about 3X as large as the American vehicle market, that argument is hard to make. China also cares very strongly about local pollution levels. The air in Beijing over the last 15 years has gotten dramatically better.
- melling 3y agoIt has been well known for over a decade that China’s building electric vehicles to reduce their imported oil. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN28008X/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN28008X/
- hackerlight 3y agoChina is building massive amounts of renewables right now.
- timbit42 3y agoChina has a lot of big cities along the coast that will flood as the oceans rise.