jwb

Re: china and India... They are industrializing the same way the west already did so it's a bit rich to say now that we've already fouled up the earth with our development that they are just supposed to languish in third world poverty for the sake of the planet imo

Whatever strides we do make in cutting emissions have been rather miniscule and based more on regulation and emissions standards. Which is like putting a bandaid on a gushing wound. Until the underlying energy infrastructure is completely overhauled and green technology made capable of out competing fossil fuels, we are ****ed. If said green technology was made cost effective and efficient enough countries like China and India would adopt them voluntarily out of self interest... I'm quite sure they don't actually want to live in smog ridden cities with toxic air. Of course that's easier said than done.