fuzzybunn t1_ithergp wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:51 PM

Reply to comment by Regi0 in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

Did you also know China has the largest population of any country, more than most developed countries combined? You are, I hope, just woefully ignorant of this.

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/china-population/

Regi0 t1_ithk2u2 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:24 PM

What does that matter? They still pump more carbon into the atmosphere than any other country when adjusted for population size. A whopping 70% of their energy is produced via nonrenewables, mostly Coal in this case (Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/pgglqi/oc_chinas_energy_mix_vs_the_g7/). It's done this way to produce goods as cheaply as possible to meet the consumerist demands of the west.

circumtopia t1_iti22do wrote on October 23, 2022 at 8:17 PM

In what way are they pumping more carbon than any other country when adjusted for population size? When you say that do you mean per capita?

Regi0 t1_iti9cdw wrote on October 23, 2022 at 9:02 PM

Initially I did, yes, but I'm realizing China's per capita value for carbon emissions is about half that of the US

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/
Worth nothing that China produces double the amount of CO2 emissions than the second highest, that being the US.

circumtopia t1_itic7ud wrote on October 23, 2022 at 9:21 PM

Good at least we can admit that.