> That's like saying that cleaning my house means moving the dirt to somebody else's house.
No, it's more like moving your cooking and garage wood shop work to someone else's house, taking the results home, and leaving the mess.
The dirtiest parts of the production chain required to sustain our lifestyle have largely been offshored, not only because of cheaper labor but because less developed or more totalitarian countries will tolerate the pollution.
Yes these things can be done cleaner, but that adds cost that people don't seem to be willing to pay.
Americans want all of: (1) high paying good jobs, (2) clean air and water, and (3) cheap manufactured shit. Sorry, but it's worse than a trichotomy. If you pick 3 you have to pass on 1 and 2.
That's like saying that cleaning my house means moving the dirt to somebody else's house.
> There is no other way.
That is not true. The other ways are:
1. Reduction of energy use per person.
2. Control of population growth - at the very least, stabilizing the Earth's population and theoretically a reduction.
3. Using Energy sources which are low-carbon, but expensive and/or difficult to deploy.
of course your way makes it a lot _easier_, but since reduction of greenhouse gasses is necessary regardless of the availability of a convenient energy solution, these are also relevant, and gradually are becoming necessary.
By the way - (1.) is already progressing relatively well in lots and lots of countries.