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Or you know, you can just like not pollute the shit out of the Earth. China is the worst.

• jordache 11y ago
  simplistic view, but ok...
• myztic 11y ago
  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/carbon-emissions-per-person-capita http://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/... + China 9,679.30 GHG emissions (MtCO2e)[1], United States 6,668.79 GHG emissions (MtCO2e)[1] - population China ~1.3 billion[2], population United States ~330 million[3] Do the math! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhous... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China [3] http://www.census.gov/popclock/ http://www.census.gov/popclock/
  • scott_karana 11y ago
    That's just CO2. What about sulphur oxides, particulate matter, and the like? "Pollution" is a general term.
    • myztic 11y ago
      Better late than never: it's hard to get reliable data on such things, CO2 estimates are probably at least somewhat correct. The larger point being that you have to take into account how many people live in a country, you can't just compare countries without that.