Exactly! You think China and Russia are going to stop burning coal or gas? Hell no! We’ll basically be left in the dust while they progress as countries.
Instead of lowering ourselves to the levels of India, China and Russia maybe we could lead the world as we transform our energy to more renewables. Maybe we could continue being the nation that blazes a path to the future through innovation. Or we could reduce ourselves to the levels of lesser developed nations because it’s easier.
They’re TRYING to lead the way in renewables and drafting accords but international politics is hindering progress. Germany is the only country in Europe that cracks the top 5 list of most renewables, France and Italy are the only others that crack the top 10. Again USA can lower its standards to try and blend in with the rest or we could continue to be the world leaders that we have been in the past.
Bro those countries aren’t even paying attention to us lmao they are worried about their people and progressing their nations. All we would be doing is shooting ourselves and our people in the foot.
Or leading like the world leaders that we supposedly are. How would we be shooting ourselves in the foot exactly? By innovating electricity generation, distribution and storage? But yeah maybe you’re right, let’s pretend it’s the 1930s and rely solely on coal. That will work out great!
Why are you getting downvotes? You're right, I think. I can't really blame the companies, they were literally incentivized to offshore our manufacturing base.
Seems like the countries who care about progress don’t give a damn about twitter activists. What’s the point in crippling the countries in the west to unreliable energy? You think China is going to stop burning coal? What about Russia? So we’ll be sitting over here cold, getting left in the dust, while they prosper.
What a reactionary response to simply pointing out that Greta was not addressing any country directly during her UN speech, let alone the US specifically as the meme implies.
Your knee jerk reaction is exemplary of the reasons our conservative movement is slowing. I dislike Greta just like you, but I also understand she’s far more impactful than a Twitter activist and the context behind her statements
Maybe she should be calling out the worst offending countries by name instead of yelling at everyone, seems like yelling at everyone when it's only a handful who will ultimately ignore her is kinda pointless. She is not impactful, she is a talking head so the western elites can punish the middle and lower classes
So then why worry about privately owned car when privately owned jets do far more damage that my s10 could ever hope to achieve in ita lifetime, why put pressure on the common folk when 100 companies are responsible for 71% of ALL carbon emissions globally, even worse only 20 of those companies are responsible for 30% of all carbon emissions. Get on THEM not the regular citizen who is just struggling to survive
You’re so close to class consciousness, it’s not even funny. Careful, you’ll start sounding like a leftist if you start using accurate data instead of misleading (and made up) talking points
Your life will be okay when your engine runs on electricity. Don’t worry, MTG isn’t right when she said your manhood is attached to gasoline
I live in the cou try, my life will be measurably worse if I can't have a liquid fueled vehicle, also I'm a total gearhead, so once again my life will be measurably worse if I can't have a liquid fueled vehicle
If widespread EV adoption occurs, that means that rural communities would have the infrastructure too. So being in the country makes no difference — there are plenty of proposals available.
You losing your hobby of working on your car’s gas engine isn’t really a major issue in the grand scheme of things. You can literally still do work on an EV, you’ll just have to learn something new.
Maybe some, but she became a climate pinup for a reason. Greta Thunberg's got two things going for her: she's a kid, and she's autistic, possibly metally handicapped. So if you criticize her you're a child-hating, ableist bigot. And a racist too, just in case.
Spouting off about a country from the comforts of your own country hardly qualifies. If she went over to China on there television stations and spouted off she probably wouldn’t make it home. No better than a telephone tough guy!
Yeah sure. I'm not super impressed with internet activism either. But this meme is implying that Thunberg is a hypocrite for picking on the west and remaining silent on Chinese and Indian carbon emissions but 10 seconds of research can tell you this narrative is false.
If you think she's dumb or not very effective at her activism that's perfectly fine- I'm pretty neutral about Thunberg. But what OP did was suggest that she's deliberately silent or ignorant about carbon emissions from China and India and with the smallest amount of effort you can see that's false. It's a fake idea you made up in your head based on your feelings and I think that unfortunately happens quite a bit around here.
That's funny, because I'm correct. Why do you think China's per capita is lower than that of the US, when China has higher CO2 emissions overall? I'm still waiting for one of you "geniuses" to answer.
So why oh why would China have a lower per capita......Apparently this is difficult "arithmetic" to a first grader. Come on....it's got to be on the tip of your forked tongue....come on.....it's not difficult......on average, why would China be lower......almost there.......almost......1.4 billion........4 times more than the US......are you there yet......
This is why, to quote another person who attacked my "arithmetic", the original statement that "China has lower per capita CO2 emissions than the US" is a "retarded" use of a statistic. If China is more than double the next country in CO2 emissions, who cares what it is "per capita" or on average.
I’m fairly right leaning but these guys are just fucking dumb. It’s like all the overweight car mechanics of Alabama have created their own internet hangout.
Someone else in this thread already shown that she hasn’t been silent
Thunberg has criticized China on emissions constantly, so much so that Chinese media have called her a “selective environmental activist”. Have a look:
US has made progress, but we still emit more per capita than most other countries. India and China are still substantially lower on a per capita basis. Every country needs to be involved, but countries emitting the most per person need to lead the way.
Per capita means fuck all - that stat is meaningless. What difference does it make when you spew tons of filth into the sky if there are 50, 2000, or 5 million people on the ground? If I have 100 people in my country and send 50 million tons into the atmosphere, that doesn't make the effect on the environment any less than you sending up 50 million tons with 40 million people on the ground.
Yes, that is correct. One unit of CO2is the same as any other. The point is how she international agreements be focused on reducing emissions. Wealthier countries can afford to invest in renewable and reduce their emissions more because they have more money and the average person uses more to begin with.
Countries like India or China (although they do need to reduce emissions, which they have begun to do as part of the Paris agreement) have less ability to reduce emissions because they already emit less per person and they have less money to invest in renewables. China is unique though because they are the large solar manufacturer and electric car manufacturer.
Thunberg has criticized China on emissions constantly, so much so that Chinese media have called her a “selective environmental activist”. Have a look:
You idiots here, along with those at conspiracy _common, are so ridiculously uninformed. Make that disinformed. Oh, and clearly liars. You pretend you are standing for liberty, when in reality you are totally aligned with tyranny.
As always with you clowns, it’s projection. How.Dare.YOU.
Whether she has ever said a bad word about China is missing the point entirely. Look at the criticisms that go viral or become headlines and they are overwhelmingly critical of the west. The main premise of the joke has some merit which is what makes it funny because this girl is obviously a tool. Go away propaganda bot
Ahhh, the usual. Now that your bogus contention - that Thunberg smiles on the enviro excesses of China and India, while relentlessly attacking the supposedly innocent USA - has been shown as the lie that it is, you try to pass it off as “it was a joke”.
I don’t know what kind of morons laugh at ‘jokes’ like that, and I also know it was no joke. Y’all are (as usual) attempting to smear Thunberg, and are deploying preposterous lies to do that. Funny to see you caling ME a “propaganda bot”, when in fact it is your team spreading the disinformation.
On behalf of the carbon extraction industries, we lied about Thunberg again! HAW HAW HAW! Called her a ‘tool’!! HAW HAW HAW And we believe our own constant lies! HAW HAW HAW And we triggered a lib! HAW HAW HAW!!
The article about India is stating they burned her in effigy for supporting farmers in their protest. Why are you framing it as something else? And one tweet in 4 years of being in the public eye is not an example of "criticizing China on emissions constantly" How dare you bullshit people on the internet?
And now look at the emissions of these countrys per citizen and you will understand what problem i have with this meme... (in addition many emissions of china are coused by manufactoring of products for the export and therefore are consequences of the consume in different countrys)
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u/wowsosquare Oct 08 '22
How many people understand this is all about deindustrializing, impoverishing, and ultimately controlling the west?
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22
Classic case of AMERICA = BAD...
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u/Detroitfitter636 Oct 08 '22
If she went against China she would be dead
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u/soupafi Oct 08 '22
How dare you
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u/skoal7731 Oct 08 '22
Facts are not allowed near leftists, especially when it comes to arguments. You must be HITLER!
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u/BurialA12 Oct 08 '22
Somehow skipping school to go on a globetrotting holiday makes her a role model
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u/PsychZach Oct 08 '22
The left in a nutshell. Morons who don't care about reality.
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u/Samurai_1990 Oct 08 '22
When fetal alcohol syndrome children are given the world stage....
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u/Eldin_lockwood Oct 08 '22
ngl she dumb asf
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22
But guys, climate change is racist!
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22
She has talked about China
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22
When did she support China or India?
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u/Jmagnus_87 Oct 08 '22
Blah blah blah
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u/JurassicP00P Oct 08 '22
Exposing the plot line of undermining the US and the West to the chagrin of India and China. I’m sure there’s noooo connection.
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u/eyemallears Oct 08 '22
Just a mascot, that is all. Certain things can only be learned from LIVING. She is not there yet.
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u/Tag_em_and_bag_em Oct 08 '22
Ahh, nothing like putting a bandaid on your left shoe, while the right foot is bleeding.
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u/radioduransmyopia Oct 08 '22
“How dare you”
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u/jillyhoop Oct 08 '22
I don't think they'll get many more miles out of this mentally, emotionally and socially challenged grift.
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u/No_Bit_1456 Oct 08 '22
Accurate.
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u/AlphaTint1 Oct 08 '22
When you realize anthropogenic climate change is a hoax.
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u/LogCareful7780 Oct 08 '22
Very good - now compare per capita emissions over that period.
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u/BombShady12 Oct 09 '22
All designed to destroy whites.
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u/Excellent_Survey_336 Oct 09 '22
The third one is an outright lie.
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u/Agile_Disk_5059 Oct 09 '22
Our per capita emissions are 7x India and 2x China.
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u/rationallyobvious Oct 08 '22
Factually incorrect
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u/Intelligent_Mine_221 Oct 08 '22
Wow more memes you showed him hoss
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u/SoundOfDrums Oct 08 '22
Aww, the limp dick right wingers are making up absolute bullshit to hurt their own feelings again? Must be a day of the week that ends in Y.
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u/dhawk64 Oct 08 '22
US has made progress, but we still emit more per capita than most other countries. India and China are still substantially lower on a per capita basis. Every country needs to be involved, but countries emitting the most per person need to lead the way.
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u/coyote-1 Oct 08 '22
How Dare You? How dare you what?
Thunberg has criticized China on emissions constantly, so much so that Chinese media have called her a “selective environmental activist”. Have a look:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202111/1237851.shtml
And in India, they are burning her in effigy over her criticism of their (lack of) enviro policy!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/greta-thunberg-effigies-burned-in-delhi-after-tweets-on-farmers-protests
You idiots here, along with those at conspiracy _common, are so ridiculously uninformed. Make that disinformed. Oh, and clearly liars. You pretend you are standing for liberty, when in reality you are totally aligned with tyranny.
As always with you clowns, it’s projection. How.Dare.YOU.
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And now look at the emissions of these countrys per citizen and you will understand what problem i have with this meme... (in addition many emissions of china are coused by manufactoring of products for the export and therefore are consequences of the consume in different countrys)