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President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 85 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Really important for world emissions for the US specifically to transition to EVs too, considering it has the highest per capita road emissions in the world.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 48 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Most of that is because we truck everything and trains only get used for extreme bulk like coal

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 37 points 10 months ago

We can thank the US oil and auto industries (the same ones dictating these green energy tariffs to their political puppets), for that too.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

The big pickup trucks and large SUVs dont help either.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Don't forget overloading them with hazardous materials, only to eventually inevitably crash and cause another social, economic, and climate disaster!

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Edit, guess I was wrong

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

Most east Asian countries are fairly low down on the list. They have excellent public transport, the world's best high-speed rail networks, and a significant number of road vehicles are already electric.

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

China has a lot of capita. Most of them dont have cars.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

China is mostly building rail to solve its transportation issues, so this is completely unsurprising.

[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Cope lol

EVs are expected to reach 45% marketshare in 2024 in CN. Also I guess you haven't seen their high speed rail network expand over the last decade (pressuring their car market in general). Then you have a lot of capita. So yes the numbers make sense.