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The per-capita figure indicates the level of industrialization, and the curve shows whether and how much consideration is being given to curbing carbon emission
by jacknews 8y ago
The per-capita figure indicates the level of industrialization, and the curve shows whether and how much consideration is being given to curbing carbon emissions.
No-one is doing enough, but at least the developed-nation figures are going down, whereas China is going through the roof.
You can't argue with the impact of 1.3B people, the overall emissions figure really is what actually counts.
- KyleOS 8y agodown vs down enough. Do we credit the strongest economic nation in the world for improving slightly on emissions or do we strive for it to do even better? That's the point of these visuals.
- ummonk 8y agoThe US and Canada are reducing their emissions from a much higher per-capita level than China's emissions. You want a participation trophy for that "progress"?
- jacknews 8y agoUS/Canada is going DOWN, China is going UP. As I said, "no-one is doing enough" But at least the developed nations appear to be trying, mildly, so if we absolutely had to give out awards, that would be the criteria. And let's not forget the overall figures are what actually count. IMHO having a population of 1.3B behooves you to make an extra effort to keep that per-capita figure from sky-rocketing. And maybe also to use your low per-capita figures to berate the still-excessive (per-capita) developed nations to do better - rather than using that difference as an excuse to go full-throttle yourself.