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Comment Re: China increasing emissions, US EU declining (Score 1) 231

your nonsense was already debunked above.

You have debunked nothing. You merely misrepresent and argue against straw men no one is claiming.

Compare and contrast with the US US Government policy already pulled out and abandoned the Paris agreement.

A misrepresentation on your part, suggesting that without Paris the US will increase emission. The truth is we left Paris before and continued to reduce emissions. We don't reduce emissions because of Paris, we do it because we want to, because we believe it is the right things to do.

Comment Re: Per GDP, not per capital, the correct metric (Score 1) 231

china chose renewables. That's why they are rising faster than coal.

China chooses both renewables and coal. Renewables supplement coal, they do not displace it. Other cleaner burning fossil fuels are displaced. The controversy is the use of coal rather than cleaner fossil fuels like natural gas.

US Government policy already pulled out and abandoned the Paris agreement.

Because it is a fraud, for example allowing China to increase pollution until 2030.

Regardless of Paris, the US reduced its emissions.

Comment Re:Still not good enough! (Score 1) 197

Frothing eco-marxist is angry.

As you suspect, I would in fact prefer to literally pave the roads with the bodies of the children I am going to kill with my CO2 emissions. Ideally, they're not quite dead yet so their chorus of little screams will cheer me along during my commute. Can we throw in some endangered animals as well?

Comment Smoke screen - really about telemarketing (Score 1) 69

The AI agent making an appointment for you is just a smokescreen. Email or text or web already can deal with many appointments, voice adds little. The real goal here is to automate telemarketing, Well, further automate. To move from a bunch of pre-recorded responses. More flexibility.

Trying to get a hallucinated response might be a new game or challenge for folks receiving an AI based calls. :-)

Comment Re: Per GDP, not per capital, the correct metric (Score 1) 231

The people don't decide how their electricity is made

P.S. You are correct that in an authoritarian state this is true. Still, per capita emissions are still lower than some places. Ideally, they won't rise and others will fall to match, then an overall reduction world-wide through cleaner technology but still high standard of living.

Perc apita usage, household, accounts for less than 2%. Usage is overwhelmingly industrial. Hence GDP being the better metric. Per capital speaks to less than 2%.

Comment Re: Per GDP, not per capital, the correct metric (Score 1) 231

From Google: "The most recent surge in new coal power plant construction in China began in 2022, with a significant increase in approvals and construction starts. While new project proposals are slowing down, construction of previously permitted plants continues, with 41 GW started in the first half of 2024 alone. This represents a notable shift from the decline seen between 2015 and 2021. "

Comment Re: Per GDP, not per capital, the correct metric (Score 1) 231

The people want electricity, they want goods and services. However they do not get to choose how the demand for energy is met. Government and industry decide that, more so government in China. With respect to fossil fuels, China chooses coal for lower cost, the west avoids coal due to it pollution. The US has not built a coal plant since 2013. China leads the world in new coal plants, even today. That decision is made by the CCP, not by the average citizens.

Comment Re: Per GDP, not per capital, the correct metric (Score 1) 231

Household use of electricity only accounts for 17% of total.

Industry doesn't produce stuff if people don't want it. I am not sure why that's such a complex thing to understand.

The people want electricity, they want goods and services. However they do not get to choose how the demand for energy is met. Government and industry decide that, more so government in China. With respect to fossil fuels, China choose coal for lower cost, the US avoids coal due to it pollution. The US has not built a coal plant since 2013. China leads the world in new coal plants, even today. That decision is made by the CCP, not by the average citizens.

Comment Re: China increasing emissions, US EU declining (Score 1) 231

The US pulled out of the Paris agreement and decreased pollution.

It pulled out in 2025. It is still 2025. Coal use has increased. Your statement is unlikely to be true.

The US pulled out in Trump's first term. The US rejoined during Biden's term. There was a covid related outlier, so there was technically a one year increase the year after covid, However that year after covid was lower than the year before covid. The overall downward trend continued through 2024 despite the 2020 covid outlier

Comment Re: China increasing emissions, US EU declining (Score 1) 231

What obligations? China is allowed to continue to increase pollution until 2030.

Yes, that obligation.

LOL. An obligation to increase pollution?

That's not an obligation. That a gift from Paris, falsely recognizing China as a developing nation.

And now it is warning it may continued to increase pollution beyond 2030.

And I hope it doesn't. Even Xi has to politic a bit, though.

It's not just politics, it's not just words. China is still building new coal plants, the world leader in this regrettable technology.

LITTLETON, Colorado, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. power sector emissions are already at their highest levels in three years, but will likely climb further during the peak summer months as greater use of air conditioning systems drives higher generation from coal and natural gas plants.

Over the first five months of 2025, U.S. power sector emissions from the burning of fossil fuels were up 5% to around 640 million metric tons, according to data from Ember.

That's incomplete data. The most recent full year, 2024, shows yet another decline. We'll won't see what is really happening until the end of 2025.

The US has not built a coal plant since 2013, and has no plans to build one. Unlike China which leads the world in new coal plants and is still aggressively building them. The issue is not about the increased demand for electricity. Increased demand should be expected as we further electrify. Its how we meet that demand. China prefers coal for low cost, the west prefers other fossil fuels for less pollution.

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