this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2024
47 points (100.0% liked)
askchapo
22848 readers
274 users here now
Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.
Rules:
-
Posts must ask a question.
-
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
-
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
-
Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's worth noting that China would be incentivized to decarbonize even if climate change wasn't happening, because it's a lot harder for the US military to control the sun than the world's oil supply.
I'm not super familiar with what their actual policies are wrt to climate change; apparently they've committed to going carbon neutral by 2060, which is late but also much more believable than the US's plan to hit net 0 by 2050 (inasmuch as we have an actual plan on this front).
I read an editorial that was posted on here around the time the IRA was being passed where a government official was comparing China's approach and progress on climate change to the US's lackluster results on keeping its promises, but I haven't been able to find it again. Maybe one of the resident clairvoyants can divine what I'm thinking about and dig up the link.
US military furiously taking notes from the Matrix
Who Shot Mr Buns style sun blocker over the Chinese mainland
Who Shot Mr Bao
but there's still all the different materials required to make solar panels and batteries.
Almost all of which come from China or Russia. The US is nearly completely reliant on both for its own green energy demand.
China is the world's 3rd largest producer of lithium. I'm pretty sure the entire supply chain can be found within China.