Low-carbon ambitions must not interfere with 'normal life', says Xi Jinping
Source: the guardian
Chinas President Xi Jinping told Communist Party leaders that saving the planet from global warming wont come at the expense of Chinas economic growth or the comfort of its people.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/26/xi-jinping-warns-chinas-low-carbon-ambitions-must-not-interfere-with-normal-life
where's the suprised pikachu meme?
tinrobot
(11,441 posts)Yet, governments constantly demand growth.
This century is not going to be pretty.
yaesu
(8,092 posts)ffr
(23,071 posts)Dead ender!
PatSeg
(49,589 posts)tell global warming not to interfere with economic growth and the comfort of his people? A good economy doesn't mean much if there are no people to enjoy it.
What a stupid Inhofe-like thing to say.
dalton99a
(83,883 posts)"We can always expand and invade"
Javaman
(62,998 posts)the faux commies really care about the workers, huh?
Javaman
(62,998 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,727 posts)Shanghai, Macao, Hong Kong, they might be in trouble.
Javaman
(62,998 posts)not fooled
(6,038 posts)"Nothing can interfere with the American way of life" or something like that, I think in regards to explaining why he wouldn't cut greenhouse gases. Sorry, can't find the quote.
Same sh*t, different asshole.
roamer65
(36,961 posts)Last time I looked, a sizeable part of China will be underwater.
Farmer-Rick
(11,167 posts)It makes absolutely no logical sense.
"saving the planet from global warming wont come at the expense of Chinas economic growth or the comfort of its people."
That's like saying saving the house from collapse won't come at the expense of living and sleeping in the collapsed house??????????
Well if the planet gets so hot people can't live on its surface, then you have no China, no economic growth and no comfort for its people. Stupid is as stupid says it is. Does he think China is on another planet?
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)eppur_se_muova
(37,288 posts)cannot continue to support continued growth for one of the largest populations in the world.
Martin68
(24,411 posts)former9thward
(33,388 posts)Its not.