US coal is Largest contributor to THE RISE... But china coal is still 'by far' the largest overall contributor. They write titles kinda misleadingly dramatic.
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Leaving aside the importance of per capita, much of China's emissions is western emissions in a trench coat. And I'm not saying that as a China glazer.
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It’s says rise in the headline. Idk what your comment is supposed to be except for ‘china bad’ whataboutism.
I was misled upon first reading and so I wrote this to help others by changing emphasis. Their pull quote strikes me as a misdirection.
I see what you are saying but I don't think it's a misdirect. I think it's the nature of fast reading. And I'm right there with you.
Or how about this - what should the headline have been?
I think it's pretty straightforward
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The issue is that an increase in US coal consumption exists solely to placate Appalachians that can't imagine a future beyond what Grandpappy did.
And it's like, Appalachians do, in my opinion, fit the definition of "marginalized group," but at the same time the only way of advancement that they accept is pretending the world can or should be like it was before the rust belt was the rust belt, which Republicans are happy to give them.
No way burning the lumps of carbon increases the amount of emitted carbon. :surprised_pikachu
But we burn carbon! How can we have carbon if we burn carbon, smarty-pants?
Even the clean coal?
Smiling Garak: Especially the clean coal.
When you type out memes like this it really is a Picard and Dathon at el-adrel moment
Picard his hand on his forehead.
Clean from what?
Trump made up some shit
At what point might we consider that the americans are conducting a grey war against the rest of us?
Since when are endless coups, regime changes, and a 4 generations long nonstop bombing campaign a “grey” war?
Government and the rich, not "Americans". Americans are just as pissed.
but you elected him twice. Another posted suggesting that we name heat waves after usa fossil fuel companies. what a great idea. Last summer in Spain? The Chevron heat wave.
We had about 5 heat waves in SW Europe this summer, so we can go through a few more names. I'm almost tempted to name the brief gaps of normal summer heat as well.
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NO FUCKING SHIT (sorry not at you OP, just the . . . powers that be I guess)
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