The trend is what matters. China: electrification is going so fast it’s hard to follow. Pollution is going down very fast. The USA: cancel all plan to promote EVs and weaken regulation on gas cars: pollution is to go up. And that’s not including public transportation offset on the cars density, where China is basically 40 years ahead…
The cross-point on air quality might be much closer than you think.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
What you can see of them through the smog yeah.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Its been significantly improved vs where it was 10 and 20 years ago.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Agreed. But 80% better than awful is still pretty bad.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
But unlike the US, its air quality is trending positive, not negative.
matlag@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
The trend is what matters. China: electrification is going so fast it’s hard to follow. Pollution is going down very fast. The USA: cancel all plan to promote EVs and weaken regulation on gas cars: pollution is to go up. And that’s not including public transportation offset on the cars density, where China is basically 40 years ahead…
The cross-point on air quality might be much closer than you think.
Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
They’ve outpaced the entire world combined for the last two years in renewable deployment.
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Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
True, I think what they have deployed the last 2 years could power the whole of Europe.
Still a brutal dictatorship though.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
And have the smog levels outpaced the rest of the world? Have you been recently man? Making great progress yes, but they are starting from way behind.