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A comment on Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viability of renewables. Parent comment

Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by wklauss on Saturday July 08, 2017 @06:21AM (#14724875)
> who pays the costs for australian emissions *: > - people living in australia -- 0.3% of emissions > - people living in world excluding australia -- 99.7% of emissions

Not that straightforward. Effects of emissions is global, yes, but there are also local effects due to pollution, certain chemical byproducts, etc... meaning the local cost is higher than the average worldwide cost.

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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by fosco on Saturday July 08, 2017 @09:32AM (#14725344)
While travelling in south east Asia I spent 4 days in Saigon (Hó Chi Minh City). Air impacts locals immediately, it may have an effect everywhere long term but immediately for wife and I was pretty harsh irritation of each breath by the last day. We may have been sensitive to it (guess the US air comes at a price) but it was worse than I imagined.
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