China is world leader in renewables. But yeah, we need concerted global efforts to change things. We might be less than 2% of world's consumption, less than 1% of world's population, but our influence is huge. Let's use it.
The protests are basically irrelevant to this discussion. If our...
I'd think again about China. As summarised by wikipedia:
"China is the world's leader in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over triple the generation of the second-ranking country, the United States. China's renewable energy sector is growing faster than its fossil...
I point you to my post above, until the reasonable rest of us actually do something constructive about the climate crisis, these protests will only escalate. They are mere symptoms of the problem. The protesters can be criticised, lampooned, arrested, legislated against, punched, kicked...
The overarching point here is that these protests are just a symptom of the environmental crisis we face. The more we mess up the world, the more people will get angry and do silly things.
I don't believe for a second that this protest will do anything to change minds, it is possibly...