alt Hacker NewsChina is some years behind our industrial development then undevelopment, and is building an entire USA of solar panels every year or whatever - can we expect them to quickly reduce emissions soon?
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bko • yesterday at 4:59 PM
I thought the world and civilization would collapse because of carbon emissions. It's either serious or it's not. If it's serious then it doesn't really matter right?
It's like you're on a boat that sprung a leak and everyone grabs a bucket. But a few people choose to not help because it's not fair for whatever reason.
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triceratops • yesterday at 6:22 PM
> can we expect [China] to quickly reduce emissions soon?
They did, last year.
peab • yesterday at 5:36 PM
they continue to build more solar, more wind, but also more coal power plants.
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A year ago, the IEA thought China's emissions had peaked:
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-fuel-demand-m...
And this recent assessment puts emissions from China at "flat or falling" for the past 21 months:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-ha...