Part of the difficulty the Chinese government has had with emissions reductions really comes down to the basic reality that for local and mid level officials closing coal plants is at cross purposes with their other prerogative, which is maintaining growth and employment.
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Skirting carbon reduction orders and regulations makes the central government angry, but falling short on growth and increasing unemployment gets you fired. The incentives are messy.
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The leap frog effect is real
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Look,I got them to switch to cogeneration and scrub the emissions, which is more than the South or Germany have done, so get real
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Also China had all that centralized planning to help with up front dirty energy costs Most developing nations don't have that anymore
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