Originally Posted by
Ian W
It's curious that there's so little outcry over China's expanding CO2 production. The state is currently building over 30 gigawatts of coal fired power plants, and has plans for 250 more gigawatts to quickly follow.
Their contribution to the Paris Accord is to attempt to reach 20% renewable power sources by 2030 and a "hope" CO2 emissions will peak by then. There's not much sense in sacrificing the economy and foisting large increases in electricity costs on consumers in the west if China and India continue to do as they please regarding carbon emissions.