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Per capita and cumulated are BS measures to obfuscate that China is a bigger contributor, and likely to grow for a while. The first rule of getting out of a ho
by panzagl 9y ago
Per capita and cumulated are BS measures to obfuscate that China is a bigger contributor, and likely to grow for a while. The first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging- the US has, China hasn't.
- gonvaled 9y agoLet's leave aside if per-capita and accumulated are important metrics or not. Let's accept that the Chinese are worse polluters than the US. Congratulations, you are the second worst polluter. What, did I hear India? Ok, you are just being difficult. Let's say you are the third worst polluter. What? Did I hear ...? Stop it! You are one of the worst polluters. Period. Why do you withdraw? And yes, you are the worst per-capita and accumulated polluter. In case you were wondering.
- panzagl 9y agoActually not the worst per-capita, but I'm sure you have some way to explain Qatar, Australia, or any other country inconveniently higher on the list. And this is pollution: https://qz.com/794542/air-pollution-map-by-country-fine-particulate-matter/ https://qz.com/794542/air-pollution-map-by-country-fine-part... Which makes CO2 seem particularly cherry picked.