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Fact check. Total US CO2 emissions as of 2014 was 5.3 million, India's was 2.3 million. That's not a huge difference. Also, China produces twice the amount of C
by nodesocket 10y ago
Fact check. Total US CO2 emissions as of 2014 was 5.3 million, India's was 2.3 million. That's not a huge difference. Also, China produces twice the amount of CO2 as the US [see 1]. India has 700M people who use cow dung as their source of fire. Once India progresses in terms of fuels they will overtake the US and potentially China.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- edblarney 10y agoCO2 does not directl affects people's health - and so it's a different matter entirely. Sulphates, DDT, particulates and other toxins represent immediate health hazards that we all need to work on, some more than others.
- ignoramous 10y agoSince when is any unit of '3 million' not a huge difference?
- victornomad 10y agoSo basically you are saying that the US emissions are more than 2x India's. Taking into account that India has 3x the population of the US then it means that US emissions are 6 times bigger than India in terms of population <sarcasm>Everything is awesomeeee</sarcasm>
- refurb 10y agoYou need energy to make stuff and the US GDP is 14x that of India.
- manojlds 10y agoHow does it make sense to say that the smaller population of US deserves way more energy than the 4x population of India. Just because the US economy is better? And does the better US economy enable people all over the world or just the US? If things are fair, such an argument wouldn't even come up. Of course, we don't live in a fair world. I am not saying that developing countries should just pollute as they wish. But the developed world have not been saints in this regard.
- Alterlife 10y agoYou basically just said that the US is allowed to pollute more than India because they make more money.
- refurb 10y agoMake more stuff. How much energy does it take to make cars that are sold all over the world?
- Alterlife 10y agoI don't know how much energy it takes, but: 1. Do you? 2. America doesn't make all the cars in the world. According to wikipedia, America made just over 12 million vehicles in FY2015, and India made just over 4 million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_veh... I would also point out that India made MORE steel than the USA in the same period. Another polluting industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_steel_pro... 3. The US has gone through similar stages of growth. Pollution in cities dropped as measures were taken to improve the quality of life over there, and as technology improved. http://www.businessinsider.in/This-Old-Picture-Of-Manhattan-Smog-Looks-Just-Like-Beijing-Today/articleshow/21441974.cms http://www.businessinsider.in/This-Old-Picture-Of-Manhattan-... . 4. None of the above matters. That's the wrong metric you're looking at. If the US and India both stopped making cars or invested in lower pollution manufacturing methods, that would reduce the pollutant output. It would also reduce GDP. Neither country is willing to sacrifice their growth and industry, and so the whole world chooses to keep boiling the frog.