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Re:Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why by alkonaut on Saturday January 17, 2026 @02:01PM (#46660891)
While they do, 2025 was also the first year that the fraction of coal dropped in both China and India. In india it dropped by 3% and in China by 1.6%. So they build out fossil, but they build out non-coal power faster. China also hopes to peak coal in absolute terms by 2030. That's something at least.
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Re:Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why by realusername on Saturday January 17, 2026 @02:04PM (#46660923)
Unfortunately, the environnement doesn't work with percentages but raw emissions
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Re:Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why by alkonaut on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:19PM (#46670511)
It's a matter of "it could have been worse"
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Re:Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why by tzs on Sunday January 18, 2026 @03:53PM (#46672052)
...which is why when comparing countries per capita emissions is the correct measure for deciding which countries are doing a better or worse job of addressing the problem.
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