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1. reactordev · 1789929782 · focus · HN ↗

   Full steam ahead towards greenhouse gases, climate change, and +5degree temperatures. Why not?

   1. 0xy · 1789937355 · focus · HN ↗

      US energy usage is flat in real terms since 2000 despite skyrocketing population growth. In per capita terms, it's plummeting.

      China builds hundreds of coal plants a year while they are exempt from scrutiny.

      1. nxm · 1789937767 · focus · HN ↗

         Don't forget India as well

         1. tzs · 1789964146 · focus · HN ↗

            India emits 30% less total CO2 than the US and 84% less per capita than the US, and is massively expanding renewables.

            For their population even without the renewables they are using far less than their share of any fair way to allocate whatever we decide we have to limit worldwide emissions to.

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