Claim: Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg claimed that China’s carbon emissions have “slowed down.”
Verdict: False. China’s carbon emissions have steadily increased, according to climateactiontracker.org, and are projected to keep rising.
China is also rapidly building coal power plants, signaling that the country has no intention of ending its status as the number one producer of carbon emissions.
During the ninth Democrat presidential debate on NBC on Wednesday, moderator Lester Holt asked what the candidates would do to stop China, which he said was the number one producer of carbon emissions.
Bloomberg said, “In all fairness, the Chinese have slowed down. It’s India that is an even bigger problem.”
The way Bloomberg spoke about China in that answer on climate change is how everybody on Wall Street thinks about them
Remember that
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) February 20, 2020
However, a new study shows that the coronavirus epidemic has cut China’s carbon emissions by 100 million metric tons. Bloomberg did not mention the epidemic when making this claim.
Bloomberg argued that the United States should convince China to cut its emissions rather than trying to use tariffs to fight the country.
“What you have to do is convince the Chinese that it is in their interest as well. Their people are going to die just as our people are going to die, and we’ll work together,” he said.
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China’s CO2 emissions ‘rate of increase’ has slowed. Bloomberg knows the difference between that and an actual decrease.
Dirty little liar.
As an atmospheric physicist who has made a world-first discovery in the field I advise that there is no valid physics supporting the claim that carbon dioxide could warm us. Visit my website http://whyitsnotco2.com, watch the linked videos, and read my papers. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Douglas_Cotton/research
Again, the point of the issue is CARBON DIOXIDE, not CARBON. These two substances are about as similar to one another as diamonds are to pencil graphite. This about this before you people argue like brain-dead fools.
On the other hand, while I do not encourage China in its quest to be world power, I am happy to see that that country is doing its part to provide more plant food to the global feast with additional coal-fired power plants. Hopefully, these new electrical generators will be equipped with scrubbers and other technology to make sure the output is clean (low-carbon content).
Scrubbers remove sulfur dioxide from flue gas.
The Chinese are investing billions in their coal electric plants. Such plants typically last 40 to 50 years. Does Bloomberg expect the Chinese to abandon these plants after only 10 to 20 years of use? The Chinese are much to smarter than this.
Bloomberg wants to buy the nomination with his own money and Sanders wants to
buy the election with everyone else”s money .
The Democrats need more time out . A lot more time .
Losing the election will help them sort out who’s who in the zoo .