China installed 125GW of wind/solar power in 2022 alone, and their power sectors CO2 output is projected to decrease (!!) starting in 2025 [1].
> You could immediately cut US emissions in half and it wouldn't matter at all to the expansion going on in Asia
I know that many people don't like to hear this, but this is just absolving yourself from blame and it's despicable.
Yes the Asian continent emits more CO2 than North America-- about 10 times more people live there, what do you expect?!
What you conveniently gloss over is that the US does ABSOLUTELY NOT "lead by example"-- CO2/capita is the absolut WORST worldwide except for some superrich petrostates (~15 tons/year/person, compared to ~8 for EU/China and <3 for India).
Fact is that ANY contribution you make as US citizen is highly likely to be MORE effective (in terms of CO2/year saved) than anything a Chinese or Indian citizen could do, AND also likely to demand LESS from you (because an American family just has to leave the second car at home more often to save a ton of CO2, and Indian family has to turn off heating during winter to achieve the equivalent, basically).
China installed 125GW of wind/solar power in 2022 alone, and their power sectors CO2 output is projected to decrease (!!) starting in 2025 [1].
> You could immediately cut US emissions in half and it wouldn't matter at all to the expansion going on in Asia
I know that many people don't like to hear this, but this is just absolving yourself from blame and it's despicable.
Yes the Asian continent emits more CO2 than North America-- about 10 times more people live there, what do you expect?!
What you conveniently gloss over is that the US does ABSOLUTELY NOT "lead by example"-- CO2/capita is the absolut WORST worldwide except for some superrich petrostates (~15 tons/year/person, compared to ~8 for EU/China and <3 for India).
Fact is that ANY contribution you make as US citizen is highly likely to be MORE effective (in terms of CO2/year saved) than anything a Chinese or Indian citizen could do, AND also likely to demand LESS from you (because an American family just has to leave the second car at home more often to save a ton of CO2, and Indian family has to turn off heating during winter to achieve the equivalent, basically).
[1]: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/ci/research-an...