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Re:Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct ai... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:29PM (#35619594)
Your link says we've stabilized over the last decade.

> We see that while emissions from fossil fuels have increased, emissions from land use change have declined slightly in recent years. Overall, this means total emissions have roughly stabilised over the past decade.

There is some hope that fossil fuel emissions are peaking right around now. See the recent Ember info:

https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/global-electrici...

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Re:Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct ai... by Paul-Craft on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:46AM (#35625043)
Look at the graph of global emissions. US emissions essentially don't matter in the big picture. This is why massive, coordinated, global action is the only thing that will save us.

This is not a fatalistic "oh, let's not even try then" statement. It's just facts. Yes, we should try. No, we won't succeed if it's just the US reducing emissions.

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