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Originally Posted by redpoint5
CO2 emissions are a function of wealth, and as far as I know, there isn't a difference in the wealth of Red vs Blue teams. Wealth is a function of free markets (capitalism) with rule enforcement and high trust. Wealthy economies spend fossil fuels to achieve their standard of living.
There is no difference between economic well-being and fossil fuel consumption, and there are zero examples of countries that have decoupled that relationship.
I expect that relationship to decouple at some future date, but this isn't the future.
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The closest one to even start is France with all their nuclear power plants.
Germany tried to do it without nuclear and has appeared to lower their standards of living, even going back to burning brown coal, ect.
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