1/Here is a thread about climate change that's going to make a lot of people mad. Basically, America, on its own, has a LOT power to stop climate change than almost anyone admits.https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-10-14/china-is-the-climate-change-battleground …
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12/Yet another way we try to preserve the illusion of control is by making the false claim that "degrowth" in rich countries will solve the problem. In fact, China already contributes far more to global growth than we do.https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1051242765173043200 …
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13/And finally, the biggest and most important way we Americans try to preserve the illusion of control is by simple denialism. Many Americans pretend that climate science is more uncertain than it really is, or that climate scientists are dishonest, etc.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty.html …
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14/It's all just an illusion. America is NOT in the driver's seat when it comes to climate change, and it's time for us to acknowledge that horrible, gut-wrenching fact. Because it is a fact.
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15/Does this mean America should abandon our efforts to fight climate change? Of course not!!! We should be taxing carbon, building green infrastructure, researching green energy technology, etc.!
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16/BUT, on our own, this won't be nearly enough. We need to do all we can to encourage China to decarbonize. This includes sharing all of our green energy tech with China, and even trying to pay them to decarbonize.pic.twitter.com/nVkquYUTAF
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17/It probably also includes other, less friendly and positive incentives.pic.twitter.com/rVbNtSW9a3
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18/But the horrible truth is, even all of these incentives probably have only a marginal ability to sway China's decisions. Like it or not, the future of our planet is in the hands of some folks in Beijing. (end)
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... the one place where we could likely lead is in aggressively funding technological counter-measures to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere. Target net zero emissions by 2100, rather than flatlining at current rates.
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How effective do you think 1 child per family was, by blunting population growth, relative to other GHG reduction efforts? Looks like 30-50% population reduction, depending how you count.
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Americans export technological progress. Something like a carbon tax incentives further development in important tech, which is adopted/stolen by Chinese
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If moral leadership didn’t matter there wouldn’t be an RT. Truth is global consensus on what is & isn’t moral is everything when it comes to soft power. The US used to have a near monopoly on shaping that, but Bush cast it aside. Trump has lit it on fire & is pissing on the ashes
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This idea of American moral leadership is a quaint delusion found only within the boundaries of the US. But delusion isn't new even to academic circles - seeing essays recasting Kissinger as a tortured idealist! After a lifetime of mocking idealism in FP.
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then we transform our economy in ways you can't predict, which will inevitably cause China to have to respond to our new economy. essentially, your thread is just something you and your elite friends want to tell yourself to prevent the inevitable. sorry to bear bad news.
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The graphs do show a plateau of emissions in China. Why did it stop increasing?
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