Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-in-q2-2026-due-to-plummeting-oil-use
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-in-q2-2026-due-to-plummeting-oil-use
13 Comments
comador@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1d
Meanwhile, China continues it's record breaking coal use and Eastern China is on track to beat its own 2025 record of generating more than 50% of the worlds global CFC-11 ozone depleting gasses. Hurray China!
marcos@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1d
And yet their emissions are lower...
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1d
Business goes to China when they want to kill domestic jobs and destroy the planet. China doesn't care about workers or the climate.
Bademantel@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d
No, they went to China to increase their short term profits. That's the primary goal of any action they take. What you listed are symptoms.
DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 1d
Yes China is an inherently evil country unlike us right?
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1d
You think "moving jobs to China and killing domestic jobs, killing the planet in the process" is not in the "inherently evil" category?
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 1d
if the workers didn't demand a living wage china would stop being cheaper
comador@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1d
Lower only because it was taken away from them. Not really a win when it's temporary, is it?
DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org · 6 pts · 1d
Are you American or Canadian? Then you really don't have the luxury to complain. Take a look at your own share of fossil vs renewables and weep because even "doesn't care about people or the environment China" does it leagues better than you.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
The thing nobody wants to acknowledge and they are actively building more coal plants. ANYONE building coal plants for generating is a bad thing pretty much full stop.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 9 pts · 1d
Go on.
"Due to international markets..."
Keep going.
"As a result of... ongoing conflicts..."
Almost there.
"Because of Trump bombing Iran."
There you go.
DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org · 12 pts · 1d
Don't be intellectually lazy, China has been working on reducing fossil dependence for years. Not purely because of the climate, but because it's a limited strategic resources.
rimu@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1d
Very interesting and lots of detail on the 5 year plans. Thanks!