• ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    US is already #1 polluter per capita. China pollutes twice as much as US, but has over 4 times the population. Its quite incredible how little China pollutes already (considering how much or the world’s goods they make). But obviously, I’m all for every country polluting less.

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      3 days ago

      Factor in a lot of that pollution is because they are the wests factory and we would be polluting more.

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      In recent decades, China has invested heavily on building renewable energy infrastructure. I think it’s a matter of time until they start deploying arch furnaces, and grid energy storage. If/when that happens, Chinese emissions could be much lower than many other countries, no matter how you measure it.