naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoElectric Cars Are Pushing the Age of Oil to Extinction in Chinawww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaredoylio@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIt’s worth noting that this is not being done for environmental reasons (more half of all coal pollution comes from China), but for strategic reasons as China has limited access to oil near it’s borders.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIs it worth mentioning? Why?
minus-squaredoylio@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoJust wanted to add some perspective. There’s a narrative lately that China is a champion of the green movement, which is absurd
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIt’s no less absurd than the opposite narrative, that China is some kind of climate villain. The reality is China is on the right track, but not there yet. I’m somewhat optimistic.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI mean, that’s a pretty good reason. I’m not too concerned why they do a good thing, as long as it’s done.
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoElectric cars aren’t a “good thing” though.
It’s worth noting that this is not being done for environmental reasons (more half of all coal pollution comes from China), but for strategic reasons as China has limited access to oil near it’s borders.
Is it worth mentioning? Why?
Just wanted to add some perspective. There’s a narrative lately that China is a champion of the green movement, which is absurd
It’s no less absurd than the opposite narrative, that China is some kind of climate villain.
The reality is China is on the right track, but not there yet. I’m somewhat optimistic.
I mean, that’s a pretty good reason. I’m not too concerned why they do a good thing, as long as it’s done.
Electric cars aren’t a “good thing” though.