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Per capita is a BS way to look at it. If US emissions are growing at 0.5% per year then there is nothing to do. It will take 140 years to double and the natural
by mberning 8y ago
Per capita is a BS way to look at it. If US emissions are growing at 0.5% per year then there is nothing to do. It will take 140 years to double and the natural progression of technology will easily solve the problem. Solar and other renewable technologies are advancing so fast that economic factors will take over and there will be much less need for fossil fuels very shortly. On the other hand if a country with a large population is growing emissions at 8% then that is less than a decade to double which is a huge problem.
On another note, why do resent the lifestyle of average people? Not everybody wants to live in an urban hellscape with millions of other people. You speak about it with such contempt.
- iso1337 8y agoWhat is the lifestyle of the average person? It’s certainly not that of a USian The average salary worldwide is 10k USD. I agree that many people would like to live in some sort of idyllic rural or suburban setting. Indeed, that is what I prefer myself. However, with 7 billion of us in this planet, we may have to rethink what is feasible.