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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by berdario on Sunday August 11, 2024 @11:51PM (#41221034)
It's only 2x if you consider the annual emissions, but the CO2 stays in the atmosphere. If you consider cumulative CO2 emissions, the US was around 3 times as high as China (with data up to 2015)

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5...

But with more up-to-date data, it could be even 8x

https://goodlife.leeds.ac.uk/related-research/atmospheric-ap...

(Depending if you count cumulative emissions from 1960, earlier or later)

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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by AnthonyMouse on Monday August 12, 2024 @01:43AM (#41221406)
"Cumulative emissions" is the sunk cost fallacy masquerading as an excuse to defer blame onto dead people instead of doing something to address the active problem.
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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by berdario on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @08:04PM (#41252004)
Except that the people arguing against considering cumulative emissions, are precisely those doing the least to address the problem
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