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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/18089617
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Climate change is real. China feels like the only country treating it like its real. I see stories about a country investing heavily in renewable energy, in EVs, in energy storage, and i dont understand why theyre not getting unanimous applause. Other countries are mad because they’re doing better than them and want to drag them down to our gas SUV dependent level. Other countries should feel nothing but shame for not treating climate change like its real.
China doesn’t care about the climate change. China is all about face culture and money.
Won’t go into details because there are already some good detailed information posted here.
Climate change is real. China feels like the only country treating it like its real. I see stories about a country investing heavily in renewable energy, in EVs, in energy storage, and i dont understand why theyre not getting unanimous applause.
I think you may be misattributing China’s motives. Yes, China is heavily investing in EVs, batteries, and non-carbon energy generation (solar, wind, hydro). However they’re not doing it because of their deep desire to be green or concern over climate change. They’re doing it because China’s geography is energy poor in a very energy hungry nation. China has just a tiny fraction of fossil fuel sources located in their national borders. That’s a really bad position when your nation is dependent on other nations for the energy you need to grow your food and run your economy. This is why they’re maxed out on:
- oil and gas imports from russia: In 2023, Russia became China’s top source of crude oil imports, supplying 19% of China’s crude oil imports (2.1 million b/d)
- coal imports from Australia China’s first quarter coal imports surge, defying gloomy forecasts
In fact while the rest of the world is retiring coal for power generation, China is responsible for building 95% of the world’s new coal power plants.
Other countries are mad because they’re doing better than them and want to drag them down to our gas SUV dependent level.
Except they’re not doing better in reducing carbon emissions. Not only are they the largest global producer of CO2, they keep dramatically increasing carbon emissions year over year while the rest of the industrialized nations are plateauing or reducing (beside India).
Other countries should feel nothing but shame for not treating climate change like its real.
If we’re looking at just the numbers (which, I admit, is an incomplete conversation), China is the one that is not treating climate change as real.
