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Dessalines@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China.

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President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China.

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  • Dessalines@lemmy.mlOP
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    Really important for world emissions for the US specifically to transition to EVs too, considering it has the highest per capita road emissions in the world.

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      Most of that is because we truck everything and trains only get used for extreme bulk like coal

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        We can thank the US oil and auto industries (the same ones dictating these green energy tariffs to their political puppets), for that too.

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        The big pickup trucks and large SUVs dont help either.

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        Don’t forget overloading them with hazardous materials, only to eventually inevitably crash and cause another social, economic, and climate disaster!

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      Interestingly, China and India, who were told are massive polluters, aren’t even on that list.

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        That graphic is limited to a comparison of emissions from use of roads only.

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          Of course, not roads only, the USA is still terrible and China and India are still not on the list.

          https://www.statista.com/statistics/270508/co2-emissions-per-capita-by-country/

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      Edit, guess I was wrong

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        Most east Asian countries are fairly low down on the list. They have excellent public transport, the world’s best high-speed rail networks, and a significant number of road vehicles are already electric.

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        China has a lot of capita. Most of them dont have cars.

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        China is mostly building rail to solve its transportation issues, so this is completely unsurprising.

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        Cope lol

        EVs are expected to reach 45% marketshare in 2024 in CN. Also I guess you haven’t seen their high speed rail network expand over the last decade (pressuring their car market in general). Then you have a lot of capita. So yes the numbers make sense.

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