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0 pointsnetsharc2y ago0 comments

Nah, we can also debate about it some more as we cook to death...

Fucking democracy, the EU governments wanted to improve environmental protections and fucking farmers protested all over.

It feels like a dictatorship would work better, e.g. in China there are no NIMBYs about nuclear plants or solar panels. Well there are, but a visit by the police would quieten them. No I wouldn't like to live like that but the alternative is having to be considerate to every fucking Karen's opinion as the world burns...

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mathgeek2y ago

I can’t even imagine a world where a dictator would purely use that power to solve the climate crisis and then return power peacefully.

NewJazz2y ago

Ah yes, China. What a stellar environmental record they have. And definitely due to their governance, not anything else.

netsharcOP2y ago

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unpacking-chinas-climate-...

To be taken with a huge grain of salt since it's a .cn site: https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/202206/13/WS62a69ff5498ea27...

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-climate-change-polici...: > In 2019, renewables accounted for nearly 15 percent of China’s energy mix, compared to 7 percent a decade earlier. China has used hydropower for years, and it is installing more solar panels and wind power generators as the world’s leading manufacturer of those technologies. It is also boosting its nuclear power capacity, with seventeen reactors under construction as of mid-2021.

Whereas in the US, in 10 months the climate policy could be "It's a hoax, folks. Just a big hoax. The biggest hoax ever.".

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