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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True, but they've already been a big reason that co2 emissions have been rising so much

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

China did the same thing the US did in the 50s. They went all-in on industrialization and building their economy, pollution be damned. And like the US, once they got on their feet, they dialed the pollution way down.