cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/54245880
The U.S. war with Iran has raised fossil fuel prices so much that the resulting drop in oil demand has put the world on track to see a rare dip in carbon emissions from these sources in 2026.
Between 2019 and 2025, carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels grew by about 0.8 percent annually, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change. But 2026 is set to buck that trend: high oil prices, as well as the continued rise of green technology—solar power, wind and electric cars—will cause a “short-term” 0.4 percent drop, according to the study.
“The high petrol prices following the war in Iran are reducing oil use and keeping emissions low,” says the study’s lead author Corinne Le Quéré, a professor of climate change science at the University of East Anglia in England. “But that’s not the whole story: The expansion of renewable energy has progressed a lot in recent years, led by China. And [along with electric vehicles], this is offsetting two thirds of the growing demand for energy.”
With all sources of carbon considered, including deforestation, total global CO2 emissions are set to continue increasing.
So… Trump did something that had a positive effect? Not that it’s a net positive, I mean, he started an illegal war and bombed schools with kids inside. And talking about children, don’t forget he raped kids.
On a global scale, Trump has done a lot of good by directly undermining the power of the US Empire and accelerating its decline.
Accelerationism Works, just so long as you don’t count all the people viciously slaughtered in the transitional period
Trump has done quite a few positive things
Jury still hella out on that one.
More like enabling China to do whatever the fuck they want, which isn’t good. China is far from a good guy.
Did he? He’s hard against it. There’s only a growth because AI data centers take any form of energy. But the growth of fossil fuel energy sources is growing even more.
He’s also trying to divide Europe, which is far more successful than I wish it was.
How many countries has China bombed in the last two years?
The county of China has committed the unforgivable act of Being Prosperous Without Being White.
Westerners will never forgive them.
India also increasingly on the Western shit list, as evidenced by folks like Bo French losing their shit over kids cheering a football game.
How many Oeigoers are in concentration camps? How many people are being secretly executed in mobile execution vans? All while they are preparing to invade Taiwan, make predatory deals with African countries and commit murder abroad to anyone considered enemy of the state. Oh and did you know they are building the strongest most modern military right now? They used to be defensive, but are now fully focusing on offensive. I wonder why…
There are other ways than bombing countries to be fucking evil.
Guy in a country overflowing with concentration camps, currently carpet bombing multiple countries for being too Muslim
“Okay, but consider Xinjiang!”
Incidentally…
Fascist westerners absolutely seeth when they see this picture.
Americans have accused China of planning to invade Taiwan longer than they’ve been accusing Iran of plotting to bomb Israel.
More efforts have been made by Taiwanese nationalists to retake the mainland than the reverse.
Why is this downvoted? Trump’s policies ironically helped other countries but not the country he leads!
Lol, let’s not forget the democratic party is all about breaking oil production records, war and genocide, same as the republicans. The problem is America, not the controlling uniparty.
Trump almost single handedly destroying American hard and soft power is unironically one of the greatest achievements of the human race up to this point. He is accidentally a great man of history, lol.
The Louis XVI of America
I wouldn’t go as far as that honestly. He’s still a child raping corrupt piece of shit.
It’s like saying Hitler was a good guy because of all the autobahns.
Trump is not a good man, but he is undeniably a Great Man, in the sense of the Great Man theory of history, which claims that the path of history is set by a handful of specific personalities pushing the world in directions via their will.
Put it like this: the Napoleonic era was named after Napoleon because so much of the history requires reading Napoleon’s bio. Eventually, these last 12+ years will be called the Trump era.
Unfortunately I agree with you but let’s not forget that Reagan walked so Trump could waddle. Without Reagan we wouldn’t have Trump or a recognizable Republican party. I don’t know what we would have but he started the trend of deregulation, tough on crime, and antimmigrationism that is the root of Republican beliefs today. Trump is just really good at taking credit for other people’s work.
The autobahns arent doing illegal wars, genocides, and accelerating climate change lol.
what. They literally were connected to ALL of your points?? They were built to facilitate large scale military logistics, moving troops AND victims of the largest genocide in Europe??