Nye points out that global warming knows no territorial boundaries – clean energy initiatives in the US could be overshadowed by green house gases from China.
In 2007, China overtook the United States as the world's leading carbon dioxide emitter. According to the Washington Post, the country uses coal, a high CO2 emitter, for 70% of its commercial energy supply. While China argues that, considering its huge population, per capital emissions are not all that high, Friedman believes that such an attitude is a recipe for global disaster. As Thomas Friedman says: “Mother Nature isn't into fair. All she knows is hard science and raw math.”
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