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Again, how would you propose Western countries help China with that? China's the world's leading producer of renewable energy technologies. It's not even fucking close, they just don't have the manufacturing capacity to meet their energy deficit. Meanwhile, the US has their panties in a bunch trying to limit Chinese technological development instead of helping China improve their industrial efficiency and decarbonize their grid.
Most notably, instead of giving China access to more efficient computers, the US basically threw hands and said "just throw more electricity at the problem because we're not helping"
I literally said in my comment:
“Western countries should be doing much more and should also be helping developing countries bear the cost of transitioning to renewables far more than they currently are.”
By “doing more”, I mean that they should be investing much more into renewables themselves, and ending all fossil fuel subsidy.
By “helping developing countries bear the cost”, I mean literally provide developing countries with aid in the form of money to fund their renewables projects.
They can do more than they are doing, and therefore, they should do more. I don’t think this is a complex argument I’m making!