Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 2024-10-21, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> writes:

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 17:09:35 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
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I am still wondering who is going to get the Chinese to cut their CO2
emissions now that they are 1/3rd of the world's CO2 emissions ?

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As it happens, Chinese CO2 emissions are down 1% this year, and they've
added more solar/battery than any other country in the world over
the last two years.  One might expect that decrease to become
larger in future years.

But the 1% decrease is mostly due to the massive collapse in large-scale
construction projects in China. (China produces more cement than the
rest of the world combined, and cement production emits extremely
large amounts of CO2.)

China continues to have large increases in their energy usage (you did
read those citations I gave last time, Scott?) Their coal usage is
currently higher than it ever has been before and continues to
increase now by large amounts, with many new plants scheduled to come
on-line in the future.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/china-boosts-global-coal-power.html
    A report by Global Energy Monitor found that net coal capacity
    grew by 48.4 GW in 2023, with China accounting for about two-thirds of
    new coal plant capacity.  China started construction on 70.2 GW of new
    coal-power capacity last year, almost 20 times the rest of the world’s
    3.7 GW.

The large solar power increases are very nice; the world be worse
off without them. But China's energy use is increasing. The developed
world is reducing both their energy usage and coal consumption; China is
increasing both.

It may take a while, but they're actually doing better at
moving to carbon neutral energy sources that most of the
west (and far better than the US republicans).

Please give facts to support your claim. Most people would not
claim that China is currently moving away from coal power.

Chris