Newfie wrote:Plant, if we can try to keep a civil discourse
I always engage in civil discourse. Name-calling such as dohboi engaged in is not civil discourse, so I asked him to stop. It would be helpful if you also try to keep a civil discourse. Thank you.
Newfie wrote:I would like to point out that while China is building plants, as you say, they are exporting goods to rest of the world, the US in particular. Thus if you look at the entire system, it is much more global than you seem to make it. There are likely some places that contribute little, say Mali, but they are the exception.
My whole point was to make it global---CO2 emissions are a global example of what is known as " the tragedy of the commons." Individual power plants (and countries) emit CO2 into the atmosphere, but the problem is global. If we don't know the local source of the FF CO2 emissions, then we can't do anything to stop the global effects of CO2.
Let me remind you that the title of this topic is "Stop Bldg FF infrastructure". If people are unwilling to even talk about where the FF infrastructure is still being built, then how in heaven's name could there be any hope of stopping it from being built?
Newfie wrote: This is just a way of finding blame.
Science isn't about blame. Science is about facts.
The facts are clear that the bulk of current CO2 emissions come from China and the majority of future FF infrastructure will be built in China, with other countries like India and Germany adding still more. Any discussion of how to "stop Bldg FF infrastructure" is stilted and incomplete without these facts being part of the discussion.
China is already the world's largest CO2 emitter and plans to continue to expand its FF infrastructure in the years to come