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'During her visit to China last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said
that her country is considering imposing heavy tariffs on imported Chinese
products such as EVs, solar panels and lithium batteries, arguing: "China is
simply too big for the rest of the world to absorb this enormous capacity." She
added: "When the global market is flooded with artificially cheap Chinese
products, the viability of American and foreign companies is called into
question."
It's worth pointing out that Yellen hasn't brought up the issue of China's
contribution to global warming, although China is, by far, the absolute leader
in carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. That said, the problems we are
experiencing are due, fundamentally, to the actions over the last 150 years of
the United States and Europe, which have brought us to where we are and enabled
them to dominate the world.
Now it is the turn of China — and India to a lesser extent — to pursue a
development strategy that involves increasing their emissions until they reach
their maximum around 2030, in the case of the former, or even beyond in the
case of the latter, with all that this entails for the climate emergency. And
of course, when warnings to stop their development come precisely from those
largely responsible for the mess we're in, the likelihood of united action to
do something to reduce the increase in global heating is significantly reduced.
The point here is that China's increased output is precisely in the products
that the world needs to reduce its emissions: EVs, solar panels and batteries.
Each of these products has a net positive effects on emissions: of course
producing an EV, a solar panel or a battery generates emissions, but it is
beyond doubt that over its life cycle, the outcome is for the greater good.
The data has long exposed the lies that EVs produce more emissions in their
manufacture and charging than they saved by not using petrol or diesel: even in
Poland, which burns more coal than any of its neighbors to produce electricity,
EVs are making a valuable contribution to reducing emissions.
China's argument is that that although its cycle is somewhat behind schedule
because its entry into the developed world has come later, its industrial
contribution is fundamental and necessary for the decarbonization of the world
to be carried out on time. This is debatable, but certainly contrasts with the
attitude of US or European governments, which are simply slowing down their
their use of fossil fuels, rather than banning them.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
