People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Climate Change (2016)

Re:People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Cl... by melling on Friday December 15, 2017 @08:55AM (#15931781)

The first line states this:

“CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are the primary cause of global warming”

China uses almost much coal as the rest of the world combined:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=16271

That chart seems to correlate with China’s emission increases:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...

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Re:People Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Cl... by lozenge on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:12AM (#15932783)

I don't disagree, I'm just pointing out that a lot of China's coal use is to power factories that export goods to the US. If China used anything other than the cheapest energy for their factories, you would be seeing "made in India/some other country more willing to pollute to save us a few cents" a lot more in Wal-Mart.

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