China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed countries combined

Re:China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed coun... by alexnewman on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:31AM (#27072926)

But you get the article points out, that there’s basically nothing anyone but china can do? Hasn’t USA per capital emissions been going down for a decade. Maybe the answer is only the USA and Europe are acting with urgency. In the USA it’s almost all the private sector. In Europe the public sector.

Now if we could just get reasonable government support for nuclear in the west, if only to out of fear of china, we’d be miles ahead of the rest of the world.

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Re:China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed coun... by timuzhti on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:42AM (#27072990)

I don't know about you but this graph does not say "urgency" to me: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/

Nuclear is not cost-effective or anything-effective when reactors are taking over a decade to build.

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Re:China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed coun... by adrianN on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:58AM (#27073104)

Nobody is acting with urgency. Acting with urgency would mean a Manhattan Project level of effort where you pump in two percent or so of GDP into decarbonization. Instead we're still procrastinating goals to the n+1-th legislative period.

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Re:China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed coun... by alexnewman on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:46PM (#27082100)

No, private industry in America has gotten the message and America is decarbonizing at a rapid rate. Alas due to china decoupling they will rely more and more on coal especially out of n Korea.

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Re:China’s carbon pollution now surpasses all developed coun... by timuzhti on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:04AM (#27084664)

What rate do you consider rapid, because I really don't see it.

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