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Bhutan is a great example how countries could look like. It is the only carbon-negative country in the world and they measure Gross National Happiness instead o
by gardaani 8y ago
Bhutan is a great example how countries could look like. It is the only carbon-negative country in the world and they measure Gross National Happiness instead of Gross Domestic Product.
https://www.ecowatch.com/this-country-isnt-just-carbon-neutral-its-carbon-negative-1882195367.html https://www.ecowatch.com/this-country-isnt-just-carbon-neutr...
- patrickg_zill 8y agoAre you aware of this country's recent past ethnic cleansing...?
- adrianN 8y agoHow is that related to their carbon policies?
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- nkurz 8y agoIt's probably not relevant to their carbon policy, but it's a valid qualifier to the first sentence which proposes Bhutan an otherwise unqualified "great example".
- bjowen 8y agoIt is probably relevant to the success in implementing the policy. States that brutalise segments of their populations tend to have an easier time convincing the others to fall in line.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoIt seems strange to praise them for their Happiness quotient when they may well have arrived at that by shall we say, unsavory methods.
- generalpf 8y agoBhutan achieves this by importing most of what they use from countries that produce the carbon. Obviously this doesn't scale.
- mikeash 8y agoI'd really hope that a poor, primarily agricultural country is not actually a great example of what this could look like.