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A solar city in the Saudi Arabian desert is powered by the world's biggest battery (youtu.be)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Awful lot of pro Saudi videos being posted, and strongly and quickly up voted right now.

Complete with whataboutism in the comments!

Not saying these aren't steps in the right direction, but green washing is something that should raise eyebrows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why are singling out Saudi Arabia when the US and Canada announced bigger fossil fuels production increases?

Interesting graphs to put it into perspective internationally

Source: https://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2023/09/OCI-Planet-Wreckers-Report-Final.pdf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because US and Canada have better PR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Liberal governments are better at propaganda because public opinion matters.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Awful lot of pro Saudi videos being posted, and strongly and quickly up voted right now.

The news and videos are either factual or not. If you have counter sources please share them. There’s nothing nefarious or rule-breaking about what I have shared.

Complete with whataboutism in the comments!

Not sure what this means.

Not saying these aren’t steps in the right direction, but green washing is something that should raise eyebrows.

Greenwashing is something more accurately should be directed at the US and the developed world. Saudi Arabia both historically and present is a negligible CO2 emitter.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Saudi Arabia is the third largest oil producer on the planet, though often they are second. So no, they're CO2 production is not negligible, they just export it, and that's worse IMO

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So you'd agree that Saudi Arabia transitioning away is a good thing, and so is selling less of it. Yet... the number one producer threatens us if we ever reduce production. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/biden-threatens-consequences-for-saudi-arabia-after-opec-cut.html