That was literally the topic of one of the links

One on faking a facade to look greener than they are and one on scamming a foreign country on that country’s carbon market. I see nothing like you claim.

Everywhere else in the country they still have to rely on ICE transport out of practicality.

Just like the people using this as reason US can’t electrify transportation, the real answer is this is irrelevant.

• US has 80% of its population in urban, so whatever the people in rural areas use for transportation is just a small piece. They’re fine.
• While I have no idea whether China has a similar population pattern, I can look at a picture of their high speed rail map and see it cover most of the country. I can also feel confident that a vast majority of their economic activity is in cities. Whatever people in rural areas do for transportation is just a small piece. They’re fine

their renewable initiatives (outside of EVs) are giant shams.

Feel free to look up what country most of the world’s solar panels are produced in. Feel free to look up what country has the most high speed rail miles. Feel free to look up what country created the world’s biggest hydroelectric project. Feel free to look up which countries are leveling off carbon emissions ahead of commitments

It’s a shit country with no human rights, but their leadership does seem to understand the need for renewable energy and reduced carbon, much more than my country’s leadership does

I don’t know what that is so can’t be offended, but don’t be blinded by the lies rolling agenda that any country is bad: even the worst regimes sometimes do good things

What does “high speed rail” and “BEV buses” have to do with the discussion about renewable energy?

Everything. Renewable energy is not just renewable electricity generation but applying it to more energy users. A Deisel bus is a dirty polluter that can’t use renewable energy, but a battery electric bus is a way to use renewable energy for transportation.

One of the fundamental requirements of more renewable energy is “electrify everything”. Electricity becomes the distribution medium letting us use renewable energy for more things

And more renewable energy. And more high speed rail. And has over 90% of the worlds BEV buses.

There’s some truth to Chinas claim that they’re still a developing country and they need to massively build out to bring more of their population up to developed standards.

There’s also some truth to the claim that central planning without regard to supply and demand means they seem to be building out more power than they can use. Hopefully that translates into coal power plants going unused

Yep, taking Western money by Chinese companies buying Chinese renewable energy equipment and paying Chinese installers. Taking western money by building out renewable energy faster than the rest of the world combined, in their own country using their own companies with their own finances

maybe this might make the US think of renewable energy

Probably the opposite. There are a lot of blue states in the NorthEast importing Canadian hydro as a cleaner energy source than burning fossil fuels. I’m sure the repugnicans line will be something like “if only they used good old American coal from Wyoming or West Virginia”

Sure, I’ll admit it. My ex and I took fairly traditional family roles, but that was because we both chose it. Also, I could afford it by virtual of a good college education and a well-paying white collar job.

So if you prefer that style of family life, you really need to focus on

• much stronger support of unions and a much higher minimum wage, to make it possible for one person to support a family
• much better financial support for a college education to anyone who might benefit, or at least fixing the student loan sword of Damocles
• a society freer of repression and expectations, so people can fairly choose the role that fits them best, not be forced into a role they don’t want
• early childhood support, including medical and childcare: it takes a village and we need local governments to help fill that role
• much larger affordable housing supply
• greatly expanded transit and walkable cities/town centers, so you’re not forcing the additional expenses of a private car

Here’s your challenge, republicans, this is how to support such a lifestyle successfully. Do this and people who want such a lifestyle can choose it without being forced, and they can afford it: empower those people to succeed, while not trying to force it on scenarios it will fail. This is the right wing agenda we can all aspire to

So true - I have a huge overwhelming cleanup job and finally broke it down to …. How about just collect obsolete electronics like cordless phones in a box for recycling? That’s it. Quick and easy. But I’m successfully ignoring it

Freedumb!

If you’re falling to the myth of being a strong independent … person …. Pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps, solar and wind are local energy sources without foreign dependencies, and scale both up and down. This should be right up their ally.

I don’t want to be on the Texas electrical grid because of all their blackouts: Deisel generators are noisy and I have to depend on someone to fill the tanks, but I can put solar on my roof and batteries on the side of the garage and be independent. Zero fuel costs. zero have to depend on anyone. —— why isn’t this their line?

Wow, wasn’t it just last year when they took the 1.5° target off life support and called it?

Now the 2° is dead? Are we killing off 2.5° by summer?

If hiring personnel are dictated to hire more on dei then on merit

Then they duck and should be replaced

nature. By its nature, considering DEI aspects in hiring can potentially taint the criteria by which candidates are selected.

Still an organizational problem if people are hired without regard to merit. In fact that’s the whole reason it’s worth having a DEI focus : you can’t just hire on demographics and it takes a bit more work to hire on merit while trying to reduce inequity.

If you see people hired solely on demographics, either your impression s wrong or the hiring manager sucks

The comparison is more like a kick in the balls vs tab on the shoulder. Either might hurt but they are not the same

excluding Canadian energy at 10%

Dammit, importing more hydro was a big part of my state’s clean energy plan.

Maybe they realize Trump is the enemy, not the rest of the US. How are they retaliating for a temporary and baseless trade war based on personal spite, with something that won’t work until after he’s gone? Why do something that affects both sides over the long term, when this could easily disappear if Trump is distracted or finds a way to yell “WIN”

If this is anything like last time, Trump just wants to put his name on a new trade treaty, regardless whether anything changes, so he can brag about being a great negotiator. His followers eat that shit up