Re:Global warming: The state of the climate in 2016
by nyolfen on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:22PM
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china's coal use peaked by 2014: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/20...
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Re:Global warming: The state of the climate in 2016
by melling on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:45PM
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According to that article:
"China’s coal consumption growth was responsible for more than half of global CO2 emission growth in the past 10 years."
China gets over 70% of its electricity from coal. Yes, they are building more solar but it'll take over a decade for there to be significant change.
Anyway, the real problem is that even if everyone somehow meets the Paris limits, it's not enough.
Re:Global warming: The state of the climate in 2016
by pas on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:00PM
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And they're building nuclear plants too.
Re:Global warming: The state of the climate in 2016
by melling on Friday November 18, 2016 @06:11AM
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They currently get 2-3% of their electricity from nuclear:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/539691/china-will-soon-le...
A 5x increase in 15-20 years gets you to 10-15%. While that's good, I don't think it's enough given the current rate of CO2 production. It's hard to complain because they're doing a lot more than everyone else. Unfortunately, we need to find a way to do more.