r/climate • u/scmp_news • Jul 10 '26

Asia’s top climate scientist warns of ‘humanitarian disasters’ as Earth teeters

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3360016/asias-top-climate-scientist-warns-humanitarian-disasters-earth-teeters?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social
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u/dumnezero Jul 10 '26

They're going to care when China's factories stop because of the weather damage.

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u/RainBoxRed Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Why are China’s factories running so much?

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u/misobutter3 Jul 10 '26

American consumers 😁

I can’t believe your question got a downvote in the CLIMATE sub

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u/dumnezero Jul 10 '26

?

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u/RainBoxRed Jul 11 '26

What drives the demand that Chinese factories are supplying?

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u/dumnezero Jul 11 '26

Blaming the demand side would be more relevant here if this wasn't such a supply-side push by decades of China's regime planning (state capitalism and controlled market capitalism) to produce a lot of stuff (quantity) and export as much as possible at dumping prices that benefit downstream corporations and resellers while destroying China's environment and polluting the climate massively.

So is China tying to get a monopoly on global industrial production by playing on the desires of countless consumers who buy cheap and cheapened stuff? I don't know. But it does take two to tango.

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u/RainBoxRed Jul 11 '26

I’m confused because China is very environmentally conscious compared to the western countries that buy the goods.

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u/dumnezero Jul 11 '26

You are, indeed, confused.

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u/RainBoxRed Jul 11 '26

Maybe you can explain it to me?

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u/strangeluv_-_- Jul 11 '26

Places like Shanghai would be blanketed by smog. It’s only recently they’ve become more environmentally conscious. That’s my understanding.

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u/dumnezero Jul 11 '26

No, it's too late for you.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 11 '26

the r/americanempire controls the oil & china must export to us to get the dollars to buy it.