Denmark has about 6 million people. That is about the size of Atlanta. There are small operators in the US who make as much oil as Denmark.
To really make a dent in greenhouse gases you need US, China, India, etc. to come to the table.
To really make a dent in greenhouse gases you need US, China, India, etc. to come to the table.
Denmark has taken a decision against its own economic interest, same as Norway before it (and maybe others). This is a decision worthy of a lot of respect.
By making energy energy more expensive all you have done is taking a step further towards ex keeping 1 billion people in energy poverty because you are making it more expensive for them.
Denmark have invested heavily in wind over the last 40 years, as a replacement yet it only covers 8% of it's energy needs.
We don't need to curb climate change, we just need to control the consequences of it which we have done historially using fossil fuels.
The idea that the climate before the industrial revolution was some perfect equilibrium and that our emissions are a grave danger to the world is simply not historically true.
What is true is that what used to be a dangerous storm today can be a setting for a romantic dinner because humans have been able to invent ways to control the consequences of climate leading to much fewer people dead from it.
Isn't this like a basic human principle? That we are taught as children? That sacrificing one's own interests for the commonwealth is typically considered virtuous? So your question is total nonsense unless you were brought up in a forest by a bear somewhere and actually genuinely don't understand.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing but "doing something against their economic interest" is a really low bar
On the one hand, you have US states that don't want free healthcare because they are uneducated and think it's "communist". There is no sacrifice, no bravery, no nothing. It's just a lack of understanding.
On the other hand, you have Denmark which has put the health of the planet ahead of their economic wellbeing. This is something that very few countries have done.
You are comparing apples and oranges here.