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Nero Fiddling-Europe Burning.

Never knew we had nine million people! and you are completely wrong about China

China leads the world in renewable energy deployment, accounting for over half of global additions. In the first half of 2026, renewables supplied over 40% of China's total electricity generation for the first time, driven by massive solar and wind buildouts in northern and northwestern desert mega-bases.
China are leading the world both in the development and deployment of renewals and will become the first electrostate as they transition from fossils to renewals. They are now exporting this technology worldwide enabling other countries to make a similiar transition. Meanwhile Trump has tied the US into a legacy and rapidly defunct energy system with a limited and toxic future. FFS who would want to buy an obsolete US made car. China is winning the renewable energy war thanks to this Idiot of a US President.
Lies.

China's carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry increased by 2% in the first quarter of 2026.
Still World leader in fossil fuel emissions by some margin.
Also even hitting a plateau is a fuck ton of pollution still.
Once again the highest in the world.

Together, China and India make up over 40% of total worldwide greenhouse gas outputs.
 
Lies.

China's carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry increased by 2% in the first quarter of 2026.
Still World leader in fossil fuel emissions by some margin.
Also even hitting a plateau is a fuck ton of pollution still.
Once again the highest in the world.

Together, China and India make up over 40% of total worldwide greenhouse gas outputs.


can..

maybe...

can two things be true at the same time?


Maybe - just maybe

China leads the world in renewable energy deployment, accounting for over half of global additions.

and

China's carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry increased by 2% in the first quarter of 2026

are both true.

Oh, hang on - yes, they are both true!
 
Lies.

China's carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry increased by 2% in the first quarter of 2026.
Still World leader in fossil fuel emissions by some margin.
Also even hitting a plateau is a fuck ton of pollution still.
Once again the highest in the world.

Together, China and India make up over 40% of total worldwide greenhouse gas outputs.
Poor ALB being taken to PwnTown
 
can..

maybe...

can two things be true at the same time?


Maybe - just maybe

China leads the world in renewable energy deployment, accounting for over half of global additions.

and

China's carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry increased by 2% in the first quarter of 2026

are both true.

Oh, hang on - yes, they are both true!
Yes they can.
However before we praise China or India and think all is not bleak. They are plateauing after years of rises.

Global carbon emissions are higher than ever in human history. Annual emissions from fossil fuels and industry reached a record high of roughly 38.1 billion metric tons, with total greenhouse gas outputs continuing to plateau or climb at these historic peaks.
Irelands currently lies at 53.75 million tonnes, a mere drop in the ocean and a strong argument can be made that a chief polluter, the dairy and agriculture industry at 15% save rainforests in the Amazon being cut down.
 
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Lads, this arose because An Liathroid Beag said:

"Never knew we had nine million people! and you are completely wrong about China (burning way more fossil fuels than Ireland)"

The fact is that China burns more coal than the rest of the world put together. So I wasn't wrong on that.

And on the island of Ireland there are 9 million people (about 2 Million north of Otto's arbitrary scum-line and circa 7M here)




Q.E.D.
 
Yes they can.
However before we praise China or India and think all is not bleak. They are plateauing after years of rises.

Global carbon emissions are higher than ever in human history. Annual emissions from fossil fuels and industry reached a record high of roughly 38.1 billion metric tons, with total greenhouse gas outputs continuing to plateau or climb at these historic peaks.
Irelands currently lies at 53.75 million tonnes, a mere drop in the ocean and a strong argument can be made that a chief polluter, the dairy and agriculture industry at 15% save rainforests in the Amazon being cut down.
That's a daft argument, dairy is a leading cause of emissions here, but the other problem is that we import upto 85% of our fruit and veg and export 90% of our dairy produce, so both from a GHG point of view and a food security one we need to diversify away from having so much land given over to grass for cattle.

The idea that Ireland is somehow saving the Amazon by having so much cattle is pure spin put out by the dairy industry, same as their lie that the dairy sector is environmentally sustainable.
 
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