Is fighting climate change a waste of money? Even if it turns out to be more expensive than burning coal, isn't this still a better outcome when they need to increase electricity supply anyways? This is a good example of putting green energy above corporate profits which capitalist nations struggle with.
Besides the countless examples of the US directly destroying the environment and wiping out entire species, the modern issue is that the US and much of Europe overconsume and import all of these goods and energy which means that they export the pollution and environmental damage to other countries, hiding the problem out of sight.
China is only such a large polluter because it is manufacturing everything for the entire world. All of our nice living conditions in the US and Europe come at the expense of developing nations. Poor factory conditions, rampant air, water, and ground pollution, deforestation, poverty. These are pushed onto every nation below it in the supply chain.
Ographer|2 years ago
genman|2 years ago
bequanna|2 years ago
Chernobyl had entered the chat.
Also:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Russ...
https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/how-the-soviet-union-created...
paradox460|2 years ago
Ographer|2 years ago
China is only such a large polluter because it is manufacturing everything for the entire world. All of our nice living conditions in the US and Europe come at the expense of developing nations. Poor factory conditions, rampant air, water, and ground pollution, deforestation, poverty. These are pushed onto every nation below it in the supply chain.