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Whatever you’re making is going to require materials, the manufacturing of which emits CO2, and transportation of your product will also require CO2, as will th
by ein0p 2y ago
Whatever you’re making is going to require materials, the manufacturing of which emits CO2, and transportation of your product will also require CO2, as will the rest of the sales chain to the consumer.
But more to the point, because we’re quibbling over an irrelevant issue: I contend that it is unfair to attribute all of China’s emissions to China, and if we’re being honest much of it is attributable to the West which deindustrialized itself and instead makes almost everything there.
- AnthonyMouse 2y ago> Whatever you’re making is going to require materials, the manufacturing of which emits CO2 This is circular logic. "Manufacturing emits CO2 because manufacturing emits CO2." > transportation of your product will also require CO2 It doesn't. It's possible to use electric trains and trucks and electricity doesn't have to be generated from burning fossil fuels. > I contend that it is unfair to attribute all of China’s emissions to China, and if we’re being honest much of it is attributable to the West which deindustrialized itself and instead makes almost everything there. Attribution is boring. Do China want to do the manufacturing in a way that doesn't emit CO2, or do they want to let someone else do the manufacturing so the someone else can do it in a way that doesn't emit CO2? Those are the options.