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Originally Posted by elphenor
this is not even a necessary discussion to have, as the US should move to reduce emissions regardless
but the world economy is based to a degree on China being a kind of dungeon factory
the US loves cheap consumer goods, but would rather have some other country deal with the fall-out, in this way there is an illusion that Capitalism "works"
any politician that postures being hard on China is likely well aware of this
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All the more reason for China to get off of coal at this point. There's no way that's the most cost effective option they have.