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But at what cost?
All of their freedom. They are an explicitly authoritarian country run by what they refer to as a “dictatorship of the treeletariat” wherein the trees own the means to production (water) and solely decide how it is distributed. No more tanks, just trees.
Certainly helpful to the wider planet too. The West spent decades resisting its own needed climate actions, including re-greening, simply because China was producing so much CO2. I think this is the first time I’ve heard of China’s long term regreening activities. We also need to start now wherever we are on the planet.
Cope: “Since China’s doing nothing, we’ll do nothing!”
Cope soon: “What are you getting on my case for? China will clean up after us! Let me consume without thinking in peace!”
