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In Reply to: Peter gets all worked up posted by E-Stat on September 30, 2024 at 14:11:57:
Of course my comments about saving energy and putting on AC to cope with the heat generated by Class A and tube amps was a bit of a leg-pull, but if everyone left their electric devices running 24/7 and ran around in gas-guzzling cars (the Chinese don't do these because they are poor), the problems of global climate change will continue to accelerate.
By chance I was listening to the radio today when the subject was solar panel generation and the amount of energy some countries generate by this non-fossil technology. China in 2023 generated twice the solar energy of the US and will be adding 5 times more by next year.
Things have to be manufactured somewhere and energy is needed to do this. The Industrial Revolution started in the UK and we were doubtless the highest emitter of CO2, etc than anywhere else, including the US and China. As we lost our manufacturing industries after WWII (often to Japan or the US), their emissions vastly increased. The only reason China's emissions are as high as they are now, is that they've taken away much of your (and the EU's) manufacturing industry. It's sad that the UK, US and EU are losing out on these industries, but that's why, by definition, China's emissions are so high.
They are doing more than anywhere else to counter this (albeit nowhere near fast enough), by adding renewable generation faster than anywhere else.
Most of my audio kit was built in Germany - about 80% by value and the 20% that's built in China just means that North American emissions are a little lower than if I bought US or Canadian-built stuff!
Keep smiling and turn off the AC! ;-)
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- Yes, but ... - cawson@onetel.com 15:50:18 09/30/24 (7)
- RE: Yes, but ... - E-Stat 16:08:34 09/30/24 (6)
- RE: Yes, but ... - cawson@onetel.com 01:06:41 10/01/24 (5)
- "We"? - Inmate51 07:17:43 10/01/24 (0)
- Not the first time - E-Stat 05:28:48 10/01/24 (3)
- RE: Not the first time - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 15:57:10 10/01/24 (2)
- Thank you! - E-Stat 17:01:13 10/01/24 (1)
- What is this, a vice-Presential debate? Stop agreeing with me - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 20:15:12 10/01/24 (0)
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