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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A) I either am a really poor reader, or you buried the lede. B) True. C) Untrue. Believe it or not, the Chinese government also has a constituency; and the counter argument I hear most often from Chinese proponents of "growth first" is, why are *we* paying the cost?
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Why did European and Japanese moral leadership (Kyoto, Paris) not sway China, then? Why does only America wield the magic wand?
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The entire article seems oddly timed. Xi Jinping announced @ Paris that Co2 production would peak by 2030, while recent data shows Co2 has already declined the past 2-3 years. China now leads the world (by far) in investments in renewable.https://www.dw.com/en/dip-in-chinas-co2-emissions-sparks-cautious-optimism/a-44491772 …
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A % growth in Co2 that's < % GDP growth, in Q1 after 3-4 years of decline proves.. what exactly? Xi promised in Paris to peak by 2030, and I think most observers thought that was unbelievably aggressive. If the point is, what can the US do to "motivate" China to do better...
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... then I return to my original point. The US should rejoin Paris / Kyoto, and the developing world should also be measured on per capita emissions.
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Measuring on per capita emissions will lead to doom and destruction. Climate doesn't care about per capita, it cares about total. Talking about per capita = illusion of control. fin
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Spending to *fight* emissions is going to be per-capita (because it's almost always government-led). So yes, climate might only care about total... but as long as politicians from any country are using tax-payer dollars to deal with this issue, per capita is incredibly relevant.
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