• fakefunk
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    3 years ago

    At least that’s a step in the right direction, but a green superpower? Like coal-burning Germany, then? Whatever makes you feel better.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      63 years ago

      China has concrete plans to transition off fossil fuels that it’s already executing at scale. China now leads in renewables like solar as well as nuclear energy. It’s literally the only major country taking serious action right now.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          103 years ago

          I’d like to see China migrate off using fossil fuels faster as well, but it’s also worth noting that a lot of energy use there is a result of manufacturing goods for western countries. We can directly help reduce emission in China by dropping demand in the west and moving away from consumerism and growth here.

            • @PeterLinuxer
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              23 years ago

              Yes! I was a capitalist, but now I believe that capitalistic climate protection is simply impossible. I really can’t see how unregulated economy and climate protection can go hand in hand. We need some form of economical regulation.

          • @PeterLinuxer
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            33 years ago

            moving away from consumerism and growth

            Yeah exactly, that’s the only way. Unfortunately it’s hard to persuade people of that.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              43 years ago

              I think most people do understand it, but they just put short their short term comfort before long term survival of humanity.

      • fakefunk
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        33 years ago

        You might be right, I just witness so much greenwashing (that can make people feel good about themselves and continue overconsuming as usual) that I can only be extremely suspicious of every published report of article.