• bamboo@lemm.ee
    23·
    5 months ago

    Western governments: We need to take climate change seriously and transition to renewables and EVs.

    Also western governments: It’s bad that China has ramped up production on renewable energy sources and EVs, hit them with tariffs to protect our insufficient domestic production.

    • dotslashme@infosec.pubEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, tariffs might have a positive effect short term, but it can also lead to a trade war, but regardless, we make earth a harder place to live, and it also make EVs more expensive.

  • hk_a@lemmy.world
    112·
    5 months ago

    China has many barriers preventing other countries from doing business in China. Time to give them the same treatment!

    • bamboo@lemm.ee
      16·
      5 months ago

      Alternative plan: we all are stuck on this rock together and maybe we should prioritize maintaining its habitability over bickering about who is allowed to provide the solution.

      • pipsqueak1984@lemmy.ca
        17·
        5 months ago

        Perhaps we should put some significant effort into not being stuck on the this rock. If humanity surviving is the goal, there are several cosmic events that could wipe us out much faster than climate change if they occur.

        • bamboo@lemm.ee
          6·
          5 months ago

          Yeah no such catastrophic celestial events are likely in the next few millennia, and we’re pretty good at predicting those things now. The impact of climate change is already affecting a billion or more people right now.