emissions down in last 10 months of 2024. Very likely that trailing 12 months are down too (not covered in article, but something they will pick up)
emissions down in last 10 months of 2024. Very likely that trailing 12 months are down too (not covered in article, but something they will pick up)
Ok but right now in terms of putting actual runs on the board America is doing better than China, the inflation reduction act was also gold
I’ve noticed that shitting on America seems to be acceptable but shitting on China for their obscene co2 emissions comes with caveats like: the plan is likely… in the future it should… soon there will be…
Meanwhile the US and EU:
+1, but with the addendum that the next few years might not look good for the US.
thats true, i’ve also read
https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/10-reasons-why-us-president-elect-donald-trump-cant-derail-global-climate-action/
and with his recent wacky economic policies likely to cause a recession which will result in less demand which will also reduce co2 is just one of those great ironies
It’s already hit oil companies hard, again massively ironic, heh. Especially if other countries tariff US oil… which I haven’t heard, but strategically is not a bad idea.
If the tariffs get high enough, it will just mean more American oil will be used domestically.
Your graph will make China look better when it includes 2024. The only thing you can control on energy mix is growth rate. Adding more fast enough. You should go easy on praise for US, as Ukraine war is both a massive emission increase, and scramble for new “good oil” supply developments, and deprioritization of global sustainability. The IRA, while better than nothing, is a scheme to protect monopoly profits using “climate change as a profitability/relevance economic engine” for the US market, and the solar/battery/EV tariffs designed to make actual progress as slow as possible.
I’m not heaping praise on the US they’re doing ok, I’m asking why there’s so much praise for China, it’s getting a hell of a lot of praise for emissions reductions that are yet to show even a blip on any chart
First of all “better than nothing” are you joking? now I have to wonder if you are a chinese bot or a partisan hack.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-biggest-climate-spending-bill-ever-just-turned-two-heres-what-it-has-achieved
It was so massive Europe got worried it was going to take all their green tech companies away
So yeah it’s a little bit better than nothing, it was super massive.
And what is this?
A majority of emissions come from energy:
China is building coal power plants at record rates while the west closes them down and you’re unhappy that the US and EU are trying to get some manufacturing back? or even retain what little they’ve still got left?
Just to confirm: you’re unhappy countries with a lower co2 output are trying to manufacture goods?
what monopoly lol, china has the monopoly on green tech for like a decade now
The IRA was indeed a massive manufacturing development push for the US. It is politically popular to create manufacturing jobs. Pro oil, high interest rate, war policies undermined renewables, and many approved IRA projects were cancelled, because even with domestic credit monopoly incentives, the US is uncompetitive and a full supply chain plan doesn’t work when giving each cog monopoly benefits where banking system doesn’t buy in to sink projects. Zionist supremacist/ADL sides with oil oligarchy, and after Oct 7th sided with anti-woke, and DNC made sure most pro zionist candidate won. Israel needs the primacy of oil to continue.
Best part of it was green hydrogen subsidies for output. For $20B per year for 20 year cost, offering completed projects 2% financing, at government cost of 4% up to 100% of value, but based on revenue supporting accelerated repayment would allow for $1T of “revolving” projects. A carbon tax and dividend is the most effective climate policy that also reduces FF costs by shifting demand, as well as costing 0. Nationalizing oil industry, without shareholder compensation, is necessary to stop their lobbying/disinformation and priortization of war over national/human interests.
US politics favouring a war on China, and desperate attempts to diminish China, means pure stupidity meant to diminish humanity and prosperity including in the US. National security arguments for manufacturing don’t apply to renewables. You have energy independence once you have the solar panels. If future energy expansion requires energy from the enemy you fabricated, you still have coal and oil wells. There is a much stronger national security argument for apparel which you need a steady supply of, if you will start a war on whole ASEAN block. Mild tariffs on China meant to have them invest in friendly US production without subsidies is counter to oligarchist war mongering/oil agenda of US rule, but the path to US/global prosperity. Divisive-sabotage democracy simply isn’t working.