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The vast majority of the CO2 is produced by only a small part of the population (the rich people in the west), and they aren't the ones whose population is grow
by Scarblac 10y ago
The vast majority of the CO2 is produced by only a small part of the population (the rich people in the west), and they aren't the ones whose population is growing.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoActually China is #1, triple the USA. Have they stopped growing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- Scarblac 10y agoHow much of that is by factories producing things for consumers in the west?
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoIts mostly charcoal cooking fires if I understand right.
- _ph_ 10y agoChina has a birth rate distinctively under the one necessary for a constant population. But as people keep living longer, the total population is going to grow slightly for some years to come. The bigger environmental impact is, that the energy consumed per citizen is still growing as prosperity develops.