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The three top countries by electrical generation emissions are currently the US, China, and India. While the tariffs are inefficient from a decarbonization perspective, China and India have enough energy demand that they should be able to sink most of the solar and battery production coming out of China. The US, in due time, will catch up.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric...

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/grid-interconnection-queue-...

https://cgs.umd.edu/sites/default/files/2022-07/US%20Coal%20...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-17/generatio... | https://archive.today/HvPlb (Control -f "Solar, Wind and Battery Storage Projects Dominate Grid Queues in US and Europe"; draw attention to the graphic)

https://coal.sierraclub.org/coal-plant-map

(lets not get into the per capita argument in this thread; I'm not saying it isn't valid, I am simply focused on physical systems vs accounting)




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