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Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by berdario on Sunday August 11, 2024 @11:56PM (#41221057)
> US per capita is falling

Keep in mind that electricity demand in the US is decreasing.

If you reduce your manufacturing, of course it'll reflect positively on emissions. China demonstrates that it's possible to make CO2 emissions decrease even while energy demand keep growing (even if it doesn't grow as much as before)

(As I linked in another comment in this page: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-falls-1-in-q... )

Re:China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal by maxglute on Monday August 12, 2024 @12:08AM (#41221103)
Also giving export trends, have to factor in US increasingly large net exporter of fossil while PRC exporting increasingly renewables.