In all fairness, consumerism is a major factor in contributing to climate change. Much of the CO2 generated in China is from manufacturing, and those products being shipped to other countries.
It’ll really all parties involved, western and otherwise who are at fault. I’m incredibly annoyed with my government as they continue to subsidize oil and gas instead of either cutting fossil fuel subsidies or even subsidizing green energy.
If one believes in free market capitalism, they ought to want to cut subsidies to gas and coal altogether, as it’s less profitable than green energy at this point. There’s already plenty of wealth built up in that industry, so why do we feel the need to put more money towards it?
This. You don’t just blame China for greenhouse gas emissions, and conveniently forget that most of the products you use every day are manufactured there.
In all fairness, consumerism is a major factor in contributing to climate change. Much of the CO2 generated in China is from manufacturing, and those products being shipped to other countries.
It’ll really all parties involved, western and otherwise who are at fault. I’m incredibly annoyed with my government as they continue to subsidize oil and gas instead of either cutting fossil fuel subsidies or even subsidizing green energy.
If one believes in free market capitalism, they ought to want to cut subsidies to gas and coal altogether, as it’s less profitable than green energy at this point. There’s already plenty of wealth built up in that industry, so why do we feel the need to put more money towards it?
This. You don’t just blame China for greenhouse gas emissions, and conveniently forget that most of the products you use every day are manufactured there.