ted (not lasso)
@ted
1. China emits more carbon today than the US, EU, and India combined and built more coal plants last year than in any prior year. 2. China's new-energy vehicles (EVs, PHEVs) hit record-high sales this year and makes ~20M a year. easy to draw different conclusions about the same country by reading only 1 or only 2.
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@zachharris.eth
I’m not sure this is still the case, but for a while because the pollution was so bad they used to broadcast the sunrise. They say that the air quality in Beijing is so bad it’s the equivalent of smoking about a pack and half of cigarettes a day. What are your thoughts on pollution in developed nations?
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
i hear air quality is still in the shitter, but at the same time they've drawn millions out of poverty with this level of production. ultimately a risk/reward assessment and it makes sense why the rewards of prosperity outweighs the risk of air quality.
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@zachharris.eth
Irrespective of narrowing, the wealth gap, there are some resources that get more finite overtime like fresh public breathable air. I think making the planet inhabitable for the billions who won’t be able to afford getting off of it is probably advisable for all future generations. Also, isn’t a lot of Chinese GDP growth inflated like with all those ghost cities and what not?
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