Yes, def (tho recent beef & pork ghg emissions have actually closed the gap considerably). Murikan boomers lived reckless lives on account of (global) future generations in so many ways.
I was merely pointing out the scales, how giant absolute numbers both in actual emissions & actual growth we are talking about.
Record low share but still record high(ish) quantity.
Even with everything China is impressively doing its not fast enough to keep up with current power demand growth (hopefully just short-term, decades).
China already has far lower emissions per capita than most western countries, especially so compared to US.
But the Chinese people have no right to live as Americans. Obama said so.
Yes, def (tho recent beef & pork ghg emissions have actually closed the gap considerably). Murikan boomers lived reckless lives on account of (global) future generations in so many ways.
I was merely pointing out the scales, how giant absolute numbers both in actual emissions & actual growth we are talking about.
I mean, it’s basically just saying that more people live in China at the end of the day. Not exactly news.
So is coal power production going down, or are renewables growing faster?
Edit: looks like they’re still adding coal capacity
IIRC China does not yet see an easy way to solve the whole “in the winter the sun shines less” problem… So here we are.
Nuclear is pretty good for base load, but they’re building may of those too.