Its been significantly improved vs where it was 10 and 20 years ago.
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoWhat you can see of them through the smog yeah.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Agreed. But 80% better than awful is still pretty bad.
matlag@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Is it though? Have you been there or lived in a place with high smog and low air quality? Do you or your child have asthma? I made the comment simply as a note of the current condition - you sometimes literally can have a hard time seeing the city skyline in Beijing and I’ve never been to places like Hotan and other more industrial areas where it is worse.
Living or even visiting a place and saying it’s the trend that matters sounds like politician speak. Tell that to your lungs and brain while you sit in the pollution.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
But unlike the US, its air quality is trending positive, not negative.
Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’ve outpaced the entire world combined for the last two years in renewable deployment.
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Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.