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US coal ‘biggest contributor by far’ to rise in global emissions (www.thechemicalengineer.com)
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[–] 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (5 children)

Leaving aside the importance of per capita, much of China's emissions is western emissions in a trench coat. And I'm not saying that as a China glazer.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    You can pin power use to exported products, but how that electricity is generated is chinas state decision.
    It's not like they did nothing but they could also be way more emission free than they are now.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago

    They’ve been intentionally using coal to develop away from coal for decades. It’s been a long term strategic thing, using coal power plants to build solar panel factories, then shutting down the coal plants. Meanwhile the USA keeps using coal for fun basically, while being like “well the Chinese are using it too!”. It’s hard for me to see China as the villain here

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  • [–] 13 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    Aren't they the number 1 in solar and new solar?

    Sometimes I look at them and think, well at least they decided to do something about it.

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  • [–] 11 points 19 hours ago

    If it wasn't for them, oil companies would have managed to stall EVs and keep them as luxury vehicles.

    China isn't perfect but I can't see them as the problem when they spit out solar panels while the orange moron is literally paying billions to stop renewable projects.

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago

    Yes, China is using a lot of energy in general, and not just for its export-focused economy. The Chinese middle class is huge. They are top consumers of energy in both coal and renewables.

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