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raincole • today at 11:31 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Historical fact: the developed world is developed mostly via industrial revolution, a.k.a. they find out how to turn coal into wealth first

Current situation: the developed world emits much more than the developing side per capita. Even France, a country powered by nuclear, emits twice as much as India per capita

Yeah, good luck convincing the developing countries to limit their emission. "Bro please stay poor" and "you have too much population" aren't very nice things to say.


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Schlagbohrer • today at 11:39 AM

The developing world is in many cases the past couple years leapfrogging fossil fuel infrastructure and going straight to solar electrification, thanks to China's cheap solar panels and improvements in energy storage battery systems.