Xi and Biden cool the heat, but China and the US are still on collision course

[Scott]

 

The world can breathe a little easier after US President Joe Biden’s talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday.

But the two 21st century superpowers are still on a collision course.

The summit in Indonesia yielded two important outcomes, according to the US: A joint position that Russia must not use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine and an expected resumption of talks on climate between American and Chinese negotiators, a boost for the COP 27 global climate conference in Egypt.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/joe-biden-xi-jinping-china-us-relations/index.html

[vandeventer]

Ironic, the two biggest  polluters in the world talking about climate change and doing nothing about it. What about the drugs that is killing the American youth off coming from China? Many questions never asked by Biden on his get tough with China meeting. Didn't you write them down Joe?

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49 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Ironic, the two biggest  polluters in the world talking about climate change and doing nothing about it. What about the drugs that is killing the American youth off coming from China? Many questions never asked by Biden on his get tough with China meeting. Didn't you write them down Joe?

The United States is doing nothing about it?

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/carbon-co2-emissions

 

Fentanyl is coming from China? You gotta keep up better.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-drug-cartels-fentanyl-overdose-sinaloa-jalisco-11661866903

[ozimoron]

54 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Ironic, the two biggest  polluters in the world talking about climate change and doing nothing about it. What about the drugs that is killing the American youth off coming from China? Many questions never asked by Biden on his get tough with China meeting. Didn't you write them down Joe?

Please stop insulting our intelligence with false unsourced alternative facts.

 

The new analysis for Carbon Brief, based on official figures and commercial data, shows China’s emissions have now fallen year-on-year for four consecutive quarters, extending what was already the longest sustained decline in recent history.

The latest quarterly decline was driven by China’s ongoing real-estate slump, strict Covid control measures, weak growth in electricity demand and strong growth in renewable output.

 

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-by-record-8-in-second-quarter-of-2022/

[vandeventer]

45 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Please stop insulting our intelligence with false unsourced alternative facts.

 

The new analysis for Carbon Brief, based on official figures and commercial data, shows China’s emissions have now fallen year-on-year for four consecutive quarters, extending what was already the longest sustained decline in recent history.

The latest quarterly decline was driven by China’s ongoing real-estate slump, strict Covid control measures, weak growth in electricity demand and strong growth in renewable output.

 

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-by-record-8-in-second-quarter-of-2022/

It depends where you get your facts from.

https://earth.org/environmental-issues-in-china/?gclid=CjwKCAiAjs2bBhACEiwALTBWZU04NEw9xYEYGrhJ0h6jD0m9wguI_uBwDZT_x5dQNrebuh1OeLS7-BoCAMIQAvD_BwE

[ozimoron]

34 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

It depends where you get your facts from.

https://earth.org/environmental-issues-in-china/?gclid=CjwKCAiAjs2bBhACEiwALTBWZU04NEw9xYEYGrhJ0h6jD0m9wguI_uBwDZT_x5dQNrebuh1OeLS7-BoCAMIQAvD_BwE

What part of that link shows China doing nothing about climate change?

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4 hours ago, vandeventer said:

It depends where you get your facts from.

https://earth.org/environmental-issues-in-china/?gclid=CjwKCAiAjs2bBhACEiwALTBWZU04NEw9xYEYGrhJ0h6jD0m9wguI_uBwDZT_x5dQNrebuh1OeLS7-BoCAMIQAvD_BwE

 

3 hours ago, ozimoron said:

What part of that link shows China doing nothing about climate change?

For that matter, what part of that article offered by vandeventer contradicts the claim that greenhouse gas emissions are declining for the past 4 quarters? Irrelevant much?