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0 pointshnfong20d ago0 comments

You're arguing a hypothetical where the US stopped all emissions 100% and the rest of the world isn't doing anything.

The reality is that China is aggressively pushing solar and electric vehicles, and the West is complaining about it. Meanwhile the current US president's maxim is "drill baby drill".

I mean, if we don't need to stick to facts, let's discuss the hypothetical scenario where I am a powerful wizard, and when I say a magic word and I can halve the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?

OK, now where's my Nobel peace prize dammit??

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tlogan20d ago

So we do not need to worry. China and India will cut their emission a lot and we US just need to cut a little. Problem solved. /s

From 2022 to 2023 (lates report), China increased their emission from 11.9 Gt to 12.6 Gt. The US decreased from 4.79 to 4.68 Gt. So we (US and China) increased emission by 0.6 Gt.

So we (the world) are polluting more and more and you are telling me that we are on a great trajectory.

chanux19d ago

Bear with me, I'm adding some nice pictures to this thread.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2026/mar/05/pict...

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