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> However, I just don't see that kind of attitude coming out of China. And if it was the US? Well I don't see that attitude from the US of 2025-present, or 201
by netsharc 8mo ago
> However, I just don't see that kind of attitude coming out of China.
And if it was the US? Well I don't see that attitude from the US of 2025-present, or 2017-2021.
And what about the Europeans? https://geopolitique.eu/en/2026/02/12/the-unravelling-of-the-european-green-deal-and-the-birth-of-a-new-european-climate-policy/ https://geopolitique.eu/en/2026/02/12/the-unravelling-of-the...
At least the Chinese rulers saw how smog was choking Beijing, and maybe they decided to try to technology their way into breathable air, compared to the US ruling class, who'd rather take oil/coal lobbyist money. Or EU ruling class, who liked BMW, VW and Mercedes-lobbyist money...
As a nice side effect, the Chinese tech will be needed all over the world. If you can't rule the world by controlling the oil (by bombs or being friends with Saudis), why not look at the next tech and try to rule that.. Paul Krugman was writing during Dubya's dumb regime how the US was surrendering the lead on climate technology to China...