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jmcgough • today at 12:11 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> Instead they ban plastic straws while the Chinese burn another million tons of coal.

I know it's easier to blame China than look at what we've done, but:

- The US generates more co2 per capita than China does.

- A lot of what China makes is products that we buy from them.

- The US has about twice as many CUMULATIVE co2 emissions than China does (remember, the co2 stays trapped in the atmosphere)

- The feds have gleefully killed as many clean energy initiatives as possible. Meanwhile, China leads the world on clean energy, has driven down renewable and EV batteries by 90% since 2010, is the world's largest renewable energy producer and investor, and is on track to generate half of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.


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cryptopian • today at 1:07 PM

> has driven down >the cost of< renewable and EV batteries by 90% since 2010

I'm not one for pedantic corrections but I feel like this one's important

graemep • today at 1:09 PM

> remember, the co2 stays trapped in the atmosphere)

You have heard of photosynthesis?

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