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Like what?
Factories and shit
Ah, very specific. Better close all those factories that produce everything.
Well since you want specifics:
https://peri.umass.edu/greenhouse-100-polluters-index-current
Power plant, power plant, .... Where are the factories?
Koch industries? United States Steel?
Ah yes, better outsource steel to China such that CO2 is the least of the environmental issue to think about.
Is there anything other than plants where we can actually reduce emissions now?
Converting steel production to use H2 increases CO2 emissions as long as that H2 is not coming from renewable sources, which it currently does not. Also, there are lower hanging fruit than switching to H2, which directly use the renewable energy without the inefficient conversion to and from H2.