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[–] 70 points 1 day ago (15 children)

US coal is Largest contributor to THE RISE... But china coal is still 'by far' the largest overall contributor. They write titles kinda misleadingly dramatic.

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  • [–] 84 points 1 day ago* (last edited 9 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 18 hours 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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  • [–] 3 points 5 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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  • [–] 12 points 14 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 12 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 9 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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  • [–] 40 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    It’s says rise in the headline. Idk what your comment is supposed to be except for ‘china bad’ whataboutism.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    I was misled upon first reading and so I wrote this to help others by changing emphasis. Their pull quote strikes me as a misdirection.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 day ago (5 children)
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    No way burning the lumps of carbon increases the amount of emitted carbon. :surprised_pikachu

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

    Probably a good time to deregulate even more!

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    [–] 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    At what point might we consider that the americans are conducting a grey war against the rest of us?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Government and the rich, not "Americans". Americans are just as pissed.

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

    but you elected him twice. Another posted suggesting that we name heat waves after usa fossil fuel companies. what a great idea. Last summer in Spain? The Chevron heat wave.

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  • [–] 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

    We had about 5 heat waves in SW Europe this summer, so we can go through a few more names. I'm almost tempted to name the brief gaps of normal summer heat as well.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    NO FUCKING SHIT (sorry not at you OP, just the . . . powers that be I guess)

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago

    What a stupidly misleading metric. This kind of bullshit just adds fuel to the climate deniers’ narrative. Shame on the dorks who published this.

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