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On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What do you think China is producing that's creating all that pollution? I'll give you a hint. IT'S EVERYTHING WESTERNERS ARE BUYING.

[–] achance4cheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

It’s all so complex. They also produce a major chunk of renewable energy tech as I understand. Which I wouldn’t be surprised was made cheaply without longevity in mind. I’d be surprised if some of that tech lasts more than 5 years, especially for what they sold to Europe and the US. And the kicker, they continue to build coal power plants to run their production of western demanded products. The whole current status quo is a giant mess!

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Do some research on Chinas main fuel consumers and get back to me. It’s mainly smaller entities who are using personal vehicles or private industry and not reporting their usage at all. Scream all you want but China is not reporting their usage anywhere near accurately because there is only systems in place for the larger corporations that are fuel consumers, and even those are largely corrupt and under reporting so they can continue doing business unabated

Edit: I see your research was “downvote and move on”

Brilliant