China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

  • Gigan@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t think that absolves China of any blame. They’re still choosing to produce cheap goods at the expense of the planet, because it’s good business for them too.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      If not them then it’d be someone else. Clearly they’re starting to take polluting seriously.

      If you look at CO2 emissions per capita then China is actually doing better than countries like Canada, the US, and Singapore. Assuming I haven’t completely misread that table.

      • PatFusty@lemm.ee
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        9 months ago

        CO2 emissions are carefully curated and we are not even that good at calculating them. I wouldn’t trust any of this info coming from China let alone from any nation.

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            7 months ago

            Big dog 2 months… If you knew how companies figure out their pollution metrics you would be very sad.

            As for a better metric, I don’t know. Everything is tied to cost so it’s really dumb

            • nednobbins@lemm.ee
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              7 months ago

              Not sure why you’re so hung up on dogs or 2 months. The thread still shows up in searches and you’re clearly getting updates on it. Unless there’s some evidence to suggest the information in this thread is now obsolete, there’s no reason not to respond.

              @esteeyou@lemmy.world made a claim and provided evidence. Unless there’s better evidence to the contrary it’s reasonable to accept the claim. My children sometimes still respond to arguments with, “Nuh uh.” I generally expect more from adults.