Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

oldsoftie

(12,491 posts)

10. The atmosphere doesnt care who is developed & who isnt

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Reply #9)

Thu May 6, 2021, 02:37 PM

May 2021

Neither of us will go to zero or anywhere close unless current storage technology is vastly improved & we realize that nuclear must be a part of the solution.
I believe storage tech WILL improve over time, as Tesla has shown, but to what level I dont know.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

17 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

China's Emissions Now Exceed All the Developed World's Combined [View all] oldsoftie May 2021 OP

It's a problem of sheer numbers of human beings. A bit misleading without the full data. Demnation May 2021 #1

True, but planet Earth doesn't care about per capita. FailureToCommunicate May 2021 #2

+1000 Mosby May 2021 #4

Moreso than arbitrary boundaries ... Xoan May 2021 #6

Without boundaries there would be mass chaos oldsoftie May 2021 #11

Predicating out lives entirely on the imaginary seems our de-facto position. LanternWaste May 2021 #15

The only way to look at this is per capita mainer May 2021 #7

Per capita is meaningless when facing a global problem like climate change NickB79 May 2021 #13

"Look at China! Look at China! Ignore us!" mainer May 2021 #17

India has a far lower per capita output of greenhouse gasses than China. speak easy May 2021 #3

India produces more particulates than any other country. Mosby May 2021 #5

Every country has to get with the program or we're all doomed Bayard May 2021 #8

China is still a developing nation. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #9

The atmosphere doesnt care who is developed & who isnt oldsoftie May 2021 #10

I don't see developing nations mitigating carbon they didn't put up there. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #12

Over half of all carbon in the air has been emitted since 1988, much of it China's NickB79 May 2021 #14

That is fair. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #16