[HN Gopher] 'Record-shattering' heat becoming much more likely, ...
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       'Record-shattering' heat becoming much more likely, says climate
       study
        
       Author : makerofspoons
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2021-07-26 17:09 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | 908B64B197 wrote:
       | When you look at who's polluting and who's emissions are on an
       | upward trajectory, there's one obvious country that's actively
       | working against the environment. China's emissions aren't slowing
       | down. Coal is incredibly cheap when there's no carbon tax or
       | emission standards. One of the many reasons it's cheaper to
       | manufacture in China and why North Americans and Europeans can't
       | compete [0].
       | 
       | Time to add tariffs on goods produced by states who made the
       | decision of going all-in on polluting power generation, and
       | potentially apply immigration quotas to citizens of these
       | countries.
       | 
       | [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/26/us-leads-greenhouse-gas-
       | emis...
        
         | retrac wrote:
         | A bloc including the USA, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, Korea,
         | perhaps parts of Latin America, would be about half the global
         | GDP and a good majority of the world's int'l trade. Acting
         | coherently it would be in a position so strong it would be
         | closer to dictating terms more than negotiating, really. The
         | pessimist in me figures China will peak on CO2 (late 2030s
         | maybe) on their own before we're likely to manage even a
         | credible start at this.
        
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