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> You say you know then directly contradict yourself by bringing up consumption again.

It's not a contradiction. Increasing consumption today will mean increase of greenhouse emissions. Any increase of consumption today still involves some increase in fossil fuels for many reasons like grid stability.

> The United States already supports clean energy in India.

They work together on projects. AFAIK the US doesn't subsidise anything for India or other countries.

> India is not “poor”.

It is. Its per capita GDP is $2,878. The US is $85,809. Thats a 30x difference. It is an incredibly poor country.

> It has a larger economy than the United Kingdom.

Philippines and Norway have the same total GDP too. It's silly to consider them equally rich.

> 46.3% of India’s installed capacity is renewable and that mix is growing.

Hell yeah! Hopefully it keeps growing. It's kinda hilarious that India is one of the few countries who will meet the Paris accord commitments. The US is still stuck at 23% and isn't even close to meeting its commitments.

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People in India are poor but that doesn’t mean the country is poor. The Indian government has resources to build out renewables as evidenced by them doing exactly that. The United States does not provide much direct funding but you are the only one suggesting that is necessary.

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> People in India are poor but that doesn’t mean the country is poor.

Please stop. By your logic any country with a lot of people is rich. I already pointed out Norway vs Philippines for you. It is dirt poor by all numbers. Their extreme poverty rate just dropped recently. Their annual budget is 1/10th of the US with 5x more people. Energy needs per person will grow by over 10x in the next few decades to match the US. There is a long way to go.

> The Indian government has resources to build out renewables as evidenced by them doing exactly that.

I'm actually very impressed to see India sticking to the Paris accords. What exactly is the excuse of the worlds greatest superpower? Maybe a century of polluting the world isn't enough.

> The United States does not provide much direct funding but you are the only one suggesting that is necessary.

You're right. It needs to first fix itself lol. Maybe ask India for help :p Then again if you don't understand why the rich countries need to try and incentivise the world to move faster to renewables then you don't understand the urgency of the matter.