'The best way forward for this or any other country would be a program for rationing our remaining fossil fuels, with an annually declining cap on production.'
.) So, the US is not doing as much as some countries, but more, at least on paper, than some others.
China uses an extraordinary amount of coal—over half the world’s annual supply. China will face mammoth technical challenges in replacing coal, and the nation’s leaders know it. Even though they’re installing solar at a record pace, that’s still a small contributor to the Chinese economy. Globally, solar and wind together produce 3.3 percent of all energy; for China, these sources produce about 4 percent—about the same as the US.
Another helpful line of attack would be to replace GDP in government operations and planning with quality-of-life and health-of-environment measures . The demand for GDP growth locks us all into the requirement for ever more energy and materials usage. That path leads straight to a cliff, which we are fast approaching.
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